Tweet no more, Griz Football bans Twitter

[GrizPDX]

I'm so sick of Florio. Look at what she is doing, the STORY is purely about the team's seniors deciding to not use Twitter as a form of social media any longer, and she finishes the story by bringing up Donaldson and JJ. "Oh hey, Twitter was banned. Did you know our football team rapes people?" What a joke, what a terrible journalist. I can't believe the Missoulian allows her to keep her job and her paycheck, she should be put out to pasture.

 

[wbtfg]

Not all football players agreed with the ban on tweeting, Gee said. But all will be held to the same standard

It will be interesting to see how this is handled. UM has a brand new code of conduct that was produced with the intent of getting rid of the grey area when dealing with discipline. The athletic director indicating she (or someone in the athletic dept) will be holding football players to one standard, but all other sports to a different standard seems to go totally against what they were trying to accomplish with the new student code of conduct.

 

[rbprospector]

I'm so sick of Florio. Look at what she is doing, the STORY is purely about the team's seniors deciding to not use Twitter as a form of social media any longer, and she finishes the story by bringing up Donaldson and JJ. "Oh hey, Twitter was banned. Did you know our football team rapes people?" What a joke, what a terrible journalist. I can't believe the Missoulian allows her to keep her job and her paycheck, she should be put out to pasture.

Donaldson and JJ assumed that "finishing role" from Tru and Kemp. By the way, welcome to the club.

 

['68griz]

I don't even understand why Florio was the one writing this story. Supposedly, she's the courts and law enforcement reporter -- what do the Griz football team and Twitter have to do with any of that??

 

[wbtfg]

Funny that the fans seem to be more upset by this than the players.

 

[BWahlberg]

Funny that the fans seem to be more upset by this than the players.

Agreed.

And why Florio is posting this? Probably b/c the ban stems from the whirlwind of media around the alleged actions of a few players and the supposed rumors around a few others - and the fallout that occured after it. I honestly think that if the original events didn't occur - thus none of the ensuing media circus, coach fired, etc - that there'd be no talks amongst the team of a twitter ban.

 

[PlayerRep]

I don't even understand why Florio was the one writing this story. Supposedly, she's the courts and law enforcement reporter -- what do the Griz football team and Twitter have to do with any of that??

She's also the anti-football reporter, and her stories get on the front page. So, yet another chance for a front page story to try to put Kemp in a bad light and to bring up the sexual assault stuff. It's important to keep bringing up the sexual assault stuff, because people may have forgotten about that already.

 

[PlayerRep]

Funny that the fans seem to be more upset by this than the players.

How would you know what the players think? They can't tweet.

 

[PlayerRep]

Funny that the fans seem to be more upset by this than the players.

Agreed.

And why Florio is posting this? Probably b/c the ban stems from the whirlwind of media around the alleged actions of a few players and the supposed rumors around a few others - and the fallout that occured after it. I honestly think that if the original events didn't occur - thus none of the ensuing media circus, coach fired, etc - that there'd be no talks amongst the team of a twitter ban.

The good news is that Brint's income will probably go up.

 

[wbtfg]

Funny that the fans seem to be more upset by this than the players.

How would you know what the players think? They can't tweet.

I guess I just assumed that since the players came up with the rule, that they were generally all in agreement.

That brings up a good point though...since this is a rule that was instituted by players, is it also to be enforced by players or this be enforced by coaches and/or athletic department administration?

 

[EverettGriz]

My hunch is it will be enforced by the team.

 

[Swillbury]

Maybe they should have banned gang rape.

This! haha

But seriously twitter is awesome and I hate when programs ban it from players. Make them put a privacy lock on it while their in school but dont ban it all together. Twitter is not a privilege to college students, its a right. Only people that should be able to ban them is the site's owner.

The coaches/school didn't ban them. The seniors decided it and the rest of the team agreed. I like it.

That makes it more acceptable. I am still a big advocate of twitter if used properly

 

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

Twitter is cyber Enzyte

 

[grizcountry420]

Maybe they should have banned gang rape.

This! haha

But seriously twitter is awesome and I hate when programs ban it from players. Make them put a privacy lock on it while their in school but dont ban it all together. Twitter is not a privilege to college students, its a right. Only people that should be able to ban them is the site's owner.

The coaches/school didn't ban them. The seniors decided it and the rest of the team agreed. I like it.

That makes it more acceptable. I am still a big advocate of twitter if used properly

There are two types of people that use twitter.. The ones that think they are super important and the ones that are whiny little bitches. Thats about all what its use for. Stroking peoples ego's...

 

[grizatwork]

This! haha

But seriously twitter is awesome and I hate when programs ban it from players. Make them put a privacy lock on it while their in school but dont ban it all together. Twitter is not a privilege to college students, its a right. Only people that should be able to ban them is the site's owner.

The coaches/school didn't ban them. The seniors decided it and the rest of the team agreed. I like it.

That makes it more acceptable. I am still a big advocate of twitter if used properly

There are two types of people that use twitter.. The ones that think they are super important and the ones that are whiny little bitches. Thats about all what its use for. Stroking peoples ego's...

Sounds like 90% of egriz. Me? I am a super important whiny little bitch.

 

[BWahlberg]

This! haha

But seriously twitter is awesome and I hate when programs ban it from players. Make them put a privacy lock on it while their in school but dont ban it all together. Twitter is not a privilege to college students, its a right. Only people that should be able to ban them is the site's owner.

The coaches/school didn't ban them. The seniors decided it and the rest of the team agreed. I like it.

That makes it more acceptable. I am still a big advocate of twitter if used properly

There are two types of people that use twitter.. The ones that think they are super important and the ones that are whiny little bitches. Thats about all what its use for. Stroking peoples ego's...

Well then I must be super important.

 

[BDizzle]

Damn. I was trying to avoid being labeled a whiny bitch.

 

[GrizLA]

Damn. I was trying to avoid being labeled a whiny bitch.

How would you translate that to Tweeteese? Is the past tense of "twitter" twat? hard to keep up, these days...

 

[wbtfg]

Gerald Kemp still going strong on the twitterverse, I see.

Is he considered to be one of the senior leaders who instituted the twitter ban?

“This decision was 100% the senior leaders of the team. Then when presented to the team, it was a very high majority (if not all) that supported it and went along willingly.” -Jean Gee

 

[grizcountry420]

Gerald Kemp still going strong on the twitterverse, I see.

Is he considered to be one of the senior leaders who instituted the twitter ban?

“This decision was 100% the senior leaders of the team. Then when presented to the team, it was a very high majority (if not all) that supported it and went along willingly.” -Jean Gee

Let me guess.. You even check the jail rosters too?