Apparently restrictions on the use of social media is not just an issue for highly regulated industries. Recently the National Football League(the USA one) announced that the use of social media will be prohibited 90 minutes before a game starts and 90 minutes after the game concludes. Professional tennis has also imposed some restrictions on use of social media. Apparently these organizations have their own legal concerns in that their broadcast partners have exclusive rights to broadcast games and their was concern that allowing players to broadcast information during games might cause everyone a bit of difficulty.
In addition I suspect that there was concern that such uncontrolled communication might not be consistent with their branding and marketing strategy.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8124976dhttp://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2009/09/01/nfl,-pro-tennis-place-restrictions-use-twitter
David Gaynon
Huntington Beach CA
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