This is truly worth the BS icon.
Why Twitter Scares The NFL - Forbes.com
andIn preparation for the upcoming season, the NFL has instituted a set of new guidelines attempting to restrict how fans can use social media applications like Facebook and Twitter to talk about professional football. Under the rules, the NFL says fans are encouraged to circulate messages about teams and players, but cannot post play-by-play accounts of actual games.
good luck with thatIf the NFL identifies fans violating the new rules, league officials say they'll contact them and tell them to stop posting text or video. If fans refuse, the league will consider filing a lawsuit, McCarthy said.
It's bad enough they aren't going to lift the blackout restrictions this seasons even though many teams won't sell out games (meaning locals won't be able to watch it on TV), but now they're going down a pretty ridiculous road IMHO. They have no power over social networking or anything like that.The NFL "has no property right over fans' tweets," says Wendy Seltzer, a fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Fans have the same right guaranteed by the First Amendment to publish accounts of football games, even in play-by-play form, that any news organization would, she argues.
They can make up all the rules they want within the league, but they can't just make up shit for real world people to follow. Could you imagine KoZ going to jail because he tweeted about the Steelers running out the clock in the 4th quarter or something about Ben's partying habits? I mean really...suck it NFL.