Dolphins crackdown on twitter

[jared81]

DAVIE, Fla. -- The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials' whistles.
The Dolphins are at the forefront of an NFL clampdown on Twitter and other social media, with new restrictions imposed on players, reporters and even spectators.
Miami's secretive Bill Parcells regime prohibits fans and media at training-camp practices from tweeting, blogging or texting. At least six other teams have also imposed such restrictions on reporters, even though the workouts are open to the public.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4379573

 

[BobDole]

where's my dwight howard story man? a fully expect it.

 

[FinFrenzy]

So no twitter, no blogging, no texting.....Belichick will be happy they said nothing about cameras!!

 

[oasis]

I wonder what the logic is on this.

They just write it down and report it a few hours later anyways, so what's the big deal?

And then some of the policies are meant to protect the beat writers from fans getting the reports out sooner.

I can understand why a team wouldn't want players to tweet, though.

But it's interesting how all of these restrictions run contrary to league recommendations, which actually encourage player and media tweeting...