Comments on: The NFL bans tweets during games – and not just from the players http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/09/04/the-nfl-bans-tweets-during-games-and-not-just-from-the-players/ Technology news Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:07:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: DavidB http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/09/04/the-nfl-bans-tweets-during-games-and-not-just-from-the-players/comment-page-1/#comment-208724 DavidB Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:54:58 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=19630#comment-208724 Dave, reporting on a franchised sporting event is not the same as reporting events in a public place. Learn and appreciate the difference. Dave, reporting on a franchised sporting event is not the same as reporting events in a public place. Learn and appreciate the difference.

]]> By: Aquaadverse http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/09/04/the-nfl-bans-tweets-during-games-and-not-just-from-the-players/comment-page-1/#comment-208713 Aquaadverse Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:33:21 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=19630#comment-208713 You have a poor understanding that control of a product and it's distribution is granted when you are paying people to act on your behalf. It's neither a right or a freedom for people to control a product they don't own. The amount of money waged on Pro Football is huge and it's not an exercise in astronomical flux state physics to see how quickly the integrity of the product can be lost. Media access is already regulated. A cooling off period was instituted years ago to minimize the bad things that happen when a highly emotional player has microphones shoved in their face getting asked how it feels to be a loser. It's just bringing current tech and the potential it bestows into the situation. You have a poor understanding that control of a product and it’s distribution is granted when you are paying people to act on your behalf. It’s neither a right or a freedom for people to control a product they don’t own.

The amount of money waged on Pro Football is huge and it’s not an exercise in astronomical flux state physics to see how quickly the integrity of the product can be lost. Media access is already regulated. A cooling off period was instituted years ago to minimize the bad things that happen when a highly emotional player has microphones shoved in their face getting asked how it feels to be a loser.

It’s just bringing current tech and the potential it bestows into the situation.

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