Packers ban twitter at team functions
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Last week it was rumored that Twitter would be banned from the White House. A few days later, the US Military announced that it may ban the use of Twitter and Facebook.
Now it's the Green Bay Packers who are jumping on the Twitter-banning bandwagon. Is the coach afraid they will be tweeting out secret plays?
I know as much about football as I do about rocket science, so it's hard to say if this new Twitter rule for the Packers is going to cause any major upheaval. What I do know is it is going to cost players money if they tweet during official functions.
The fine? A maximum of $1701 for every infraction. Who came up with that amount? Surely that's going to be a bookkeeping nightmare.
According to the Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, any Packer who uses Twitter while on the clock will be fined the maximum amount of $1,701.
Packers running back Ryan Grant posted about the new rule on his own Twitter account: "Expect tweets in the morning before we go to work, possibly around lunch time and at night once we done, I don't want the heavy fine..."
It will be interesting to see how many players try to sneak a tweet in when they are not supposed to. The fact that there is a time and date on every tweet might deter them if they would rather not have the fine imposed.
Now it's the Green Bay Packers who are jumping on the Twitter-banning bandwagon. Is the coach afraid they will be tweeting out secret plays?
I know as much about football as I do about rocket science, so it's hard to say if this new Twitter rule for the Packers is going to cause any major upheaval. What I do know is it is going to cost players money if they tweet during official functions.
The fine? A maximum of $1701 for every infraction. Who came up with that amount? Surely that's going to be a bookkeeping nightmare.
According to the Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette, any Packer who uses Twitter while on the clock will be fined the maximum amount of $1,701.
Packers running back Ryan Grant posted about the new rule on his own Twitter account: "Expect tweets in the morning before we go to work, possibly around lunch time and at night once we done, I don't want the heavy fine..."
It will be interesting to see how many players try to sneak a tweet in when they are not supposed to. The fact that there is a time and date on every tweet might deter them if they would rather not have the fine imposed.
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