I am a division 1 athlete and at my school some coaches, luckily not mine, feel the need to spy on the players to make sure they are acting "appropriately." If incriminating photos or comments are on your profile you can be suspended/ kicked off the team, loose your scholarship, etc. The way they do this is the coaches themselves have an Facebook account and you are required to 'friend' the coaching staff. I can understand the coaches not wanting there players to go drink and party in season, especially nights before games, however I do think that they should understand that it is college and that they should have enough respect for their players as well as the players for the coaches to not break the rules. Any college athlete should be committed enough to his/her sport and coach that this spying and snooping isn't necessary.
On a side note I was actually contacted not to long ago by a newspaper for an interview about College Athletes, Facebook, and School/Coaches. -- Sorry if this is somewhat incoherent, I am very tired at the moment.
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I am a division 1 athlete and at my school some coaches, luckily not mine, feel the need to spy on the players to make sure they are acting "appropriately." If incriminating photos or comments are on your profile you can be suspended/ kicked off the team, loose your scholarship, etc. The way they do this is the coaches themselves have an Facebook account and you are required to 'friend' the coaching staff. I can understand the coaches not wanting there players to go drink and party in season, especially nights before games, however I do think that they should understand that it is college and that they should have enough respect for their players as well as the players for the coaches to not break the rules. Any college athlete should be committed enough to his/her sport and coach that this spying and snooping isn't necessary. On a side note I was actually contacted not to long ago by a newspaper for an interview about College Athletes, Facebook, and School/Coaches. -- Sorry if this is somewhat incoherent, I am very tired at the moment.