Apr 9, 2007 10:54 pm US/Central
UMD Asks Athletes To Stop Using Facebook, MySpace
Duluth, Minn. (AP) ―
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The school's policy refers to derogatory comments about athletes or athletic department personnel posted on Web sites, as well as pictures of underage drinking and other inappropriate behavior.
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The University of Minnesota Duluth has asked its athletes to stop using networking Web sites like Facebook and MySpace after Web postings resulted in disciplinary action last year.
"Student athletes are very much known and so unfortunately scrutinized to a higher degree," athletic director Bob Nielson said. "We're not trying to, in the long range, prohibit student athletes from being involved in these kinds of things, but educating them."
Officials haven't provided more information on the postings that led to the policy.
The school's policy refers to derogatory comments about athletes or athletic department personnel posted on Web sites, as well as pictures of underage drinking and other inappropriate behavior.
Nonetheless, many athletes at the school were still registered Facebook users as of late last week, including about half of the football team -- not including seniors who have finished their time with the team -- as well as a few male and female hockey players. Some displayed pictures of themselves wearing team jerseys.
Nielson noted that questionable material on athlete sites is sought by the Web site badjocks.com, which posts reports of misbehaving athletes.
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