Question

Is it reasonable to expect coaches (especially those recruiting players) will monitor players’ and recruits’ social media accounts? Why or why not? If a school is going to make a four-plus year investment in a student-athlete, does it have a right to know the “real” person? Can we even know the “real” person via social media? If you were a coach, would you monitor recruits’ and players’ social media accounts? Would you allow them to have public accounts? Why or why not? How does this affect fan interaction with their teams?

Answer 1

Coaches cannot interfere in the personal life of players . They cannot monitor the social media accounts of the team but can set some rules like not posting stuff related to match plans, discussions of team etc., They should not interfere more than that . They cannot know the real person using their social media accounts as most of the people using social media does not use it in a genuine manner. Therefore they must stop using social media of players to know them. Player must be given freedom about their personal life and they can be allowed to have their social media accounts until and unless they breach any of the codes of the team. They need to interact with their fans and must have their life so that they can know how much people like them and get motivated by them.