Social Media & Sports Role Models

When I first read this article about “The Danger of Social Media in Sports.” I felt it was important to make blog post about Social Media how it and transcended athletic landscape. According to the author Alec Banks, “athletes have signed up for a 24 hour a day news conference –forgoing filters in exchange for fuel that they add to a nightly stew full of politics, scandal, and pop culture oochie wally.” For instance, when Tiger Woods sex scandal reached worldwide media outlets Tiger Woods posted a tweet via twitter with an apology to family, fans and all business endorsements. Therefore, twitter allowed him to apologies to the world even if you didn’t see the press conference on ESPN. But in 1993, Charles Barkley describes in Nike commercial that “I am not a role model and I’m not paid to be role model.” They’re many views about athletes being roles model. I disagree with Charles Barkley view about being role model. Once you choose to be sports figure the census is you are automatically a role model. The youth of America watch you games, buy your video games, and wear your jerseys. Many young children grow up wanting to be next Charles Barkley, Tiger Woods, or any popular sports figure. The social media with Twitter, and Facebook unfortunately had done more damage to athletes career even though keeps them connected to the fans. According to the article, the questions a rises “should twitter feeds be regulated by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or NBA Commissioner to avoid some negative tweets post it by many sports figures.” The some athletes feel the First Amendment is being compromised some feel that should say anything they want. But on the other this can ruin your image or the franchise you work for. Lastly, being able to know what your favorite players in sports are doing instantly is cool and very personal. When you don’t’ care attitude about what you send through social media this can be problem. There are young kids & adults who look up to you it’s just not wise to be verbally disrespectful just to prove a point.