Yet another sports related ban of Twitter.

Via ESPN:

Coach Mike Leach said Monday he has banned his players from using Twitter after one of his linebackers noted the coach’s tardiness to a team meeting in a tweet Sunday, one day after the Red Raiders lost 29-28 at No. 12 Houston.

According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, linebacker Marlon Williams asked on his Twitter account why he was still in a meeting room when “the head coach can’t even be on time.” That tweet has been deleted and his page no longer exists.

Leach said players don’t need Twitter or Facebook. He called them “stupid” distractions.

“I think that a guy who plays college football gets enough attention,” he said. It’s “a bunch of narcissists that want to sit and type stuff about themselves all the time. We’ll put mirrors in some of their lockers if that’s necessary but they don’t have to Twitter.”

While I agree that Twitter & Facebook are often distracting, the sports worlds’ take on it is quite paranoid if you ask me.  But of course, according to Coach Leach, I’m one of the most  narcissistic people on the planet. I blog, I podcast, I tweet & apparently I even peddle narcissism by encouraging and enabling others to do so as well.  I guess if nothing else I can add another title to my repertoire.

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