Blog 2

Many things that go on in sports is always blown up on every social media site there is. For example, after the Seattle Seahawks playoff game Rickard Sherman had some words that were said to a reporter that were not normal and a little crazy to some people. The way I found out about this was through twitter because everyone on there was going crazy about what he did. Sherman said things that were belittling the other player on the other team. I was not even watching the game but just seeing all the comments on twitter made me go and look for it on the internet. This shows that it can really hurt athletes because the people talk about it more and more people find out about it. Athletes need to be careful what they do and say to people because you never know when a camera is around you to get you in trouble through social media.

Blog 3

Social media has transformed college football recruiting by allowing these kids to let the world know about their recruiting process through facebook, twitter, etc. If a recruit were to post something on twitter such as “go dawgs” people would automatically think that he was going to come to Georgia. These social media’s have made these kids think they are on top of the world. Most of the top recruits end up not being as successful as the lower recruits because they have less attention and work harder. Some recruits love the attention and some do not enjoy it at all, I experienced it myself and never enjoyed it at all.

I picked my idea because I am an athlete myself and would like to know if media really does effect the performance of a professional athlete. I want to see if it is the athlete who has to cause a situation or if social media puts these athletes in bad positions. I believe that the only way that media can hurt the athletes is if they make it hurt them, by publishing things that are not acceptable for a professional to do. Such as smoking, drinking, or and unacceptable behavior. These are the things that get athletes in trouble.