Players gain the right to "Tweet"

Terry O'Keefe · Oct 12, 2016

In another step toward redefining the amateur status of college athletes, Northwestern has agreed to drop social media restrictions placed on football players after a complaint about the team handbook was filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

ESPN first reported Tuesday the complaint was withdrawn in September after Northwestern agreed to modify its rules. The NLRB’s advisory memo states the scholarship football players are assumed to be “statutory employees” and that certain team rules were unlawful. That could affect players at the other 16 private schools that compete in FBS.
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I didn't know that Tweeting was a protected right! Interestingly this only impacts players at private schools. I'm not sure what the rules are at Notre Dame to tell you the truth. But I can see why coaches would just as soon players not tweet things regarding the football program or whatever sport that they are playing. I could see the problems it might cause.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2016/10/11/nlrb-gives-northwestern-football-players-right-to-tweet/91913588/?hootPostID=ac667fbad9653feedacfa2dff10e439f

IrishCorey · Oct 12, 2016

It's basically a freedom of speech issue. The program can restrict player availability to media interviews, but you just can't restrict a kid on his own time using his own medium to reach out to the masses. The only upside is that no one has a corner on the market of kids that say stupid things.

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