Blog 4

My edit 2000 20% project was about how technology and social media can effect an athlete. I have learned in this project that athletes need to be a lot more careful about what they post and how they go about there life in general because everyone is watching them. I learned that athletes are always being watched and people like to see athletes fall and get in trouble. They have to always be on their best behavior and never put anything out into the world that people can see. I presented to about 5 or 6 different people and every one of them seemed like they enjoyed it and that it made sense to them. It was a lot easier for me to relate to this topic because I am a collegiate athlete and understand the risk. I learned that athletes can not tweet and post certain pictures that normal people post because they will get in trouble and also the program they play for will get in trouble. All the people I presented to told me they enjoyed my ideas and for the most part I think they really liked it. I also learned that athletes are sometimes banned from social media's for the sake of the program and possibly because someone from that certain team had caused a problem before. These are all things I have learned and things I will take with me as long as I am playing sports.