Selfishly, I see a problem here. Ballplayers forever seek excuses to avoid confrontations with nosy reporters. Personal Web sites have been a savior for jocks, who can convey news and notes in their own words on their own terms. When Tiger Woods has something important to announce, he’s not going to call his hometown daily.
As you might have noticed, the print industry is struggling. Yet the very publications that still can’t quite get a handle on the Internet after all these years are now promoting the Twitter generation. This sounds like a death wish, worse than serial “no comments.”
via More folly with sports league’s trying to control athletes’ ‘tweets’ — chicagotribune.com.
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