Coaches Twitter Ban

[KipsBayEagle]

Theres something about banning college kids from using twitter that just smacks against the first amendment.  You can certainly punish students for what they say on twitter, but you can't ban kids from using it entirely.

[pbiflyer]

Look, this is how 18-22 year olds communicate.  I have two kids in that age range - I find it far more effective to teach them how to be responsible in life, and set reasonable guidelines, rather than to ban things.  (One of the reasons I wasn't hung up on Facebook when it first came out like a lot of my fellow parents were.) 

Nice parenting! And I would assume that Buzz would take the same approach. He is raising men. They are responsible for their own actions.
I used to do freshman orientation when I was at MU. When I was asked by a parent(thankfully few and far between) who would be responsible for their child since they were not longer there to watch out for them, I would think "Their kid is screwed." If you haven't taught them responsibility and independence by now, it is going to be a tough road for that kid.

[MUMac]

Theres something about banning college kids from using twitter that just smacks against the first amendment.  You can certainly punish students for what they say on twitter, but you can't ban kids from using it entirely.

If the university were the government and this were a law, you would be correct.  

[rocky_warrior]

Agree with the "teach them" crowd.

They'll need to know how to manage social media while at MU and once they leave.
Sounds like a topic for "Buzz's Life Lessons".

Isn't teaching abstinence of social media still teaching? 

[Brewtown Andy]

Theres something about banning college kids from using twitter that just smacks against the first amendment.  You can certainly punish students for what they say on twitter, but you can't ban kids from using it entirely.

And what if you make the punishment so insanely severe that the athletes are unwilling to take the chance?

Isn't that a ban?

[BubbaWilliams]

Most of Buzz's guys are comm majors. Shouldn't they be able to communicate?

[MUMac]

Most of Buzz's guys are comm majors. Shouldn't they be able to communicate?

As far as I know, MU has not banned twitter.  Other coaches either have or are considering it.  The discussion was more generic than MU specific.

[BubbaWilliams]

Most of Buzz's guys are comm majors. Shouldn't they be able to communicate?

sorry