DANGERS OF CYBERSPACE: Even Top NBA Stars Lose Sight of the Obvious…

Posted by Rick Wolff on May 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

KOBE JUST DOESN’T GET IT                                      By Steve Kallas   By now you’ve probably seen or heard some of the tweets sent out by Kobe Bryant last week during the Lakers loss in game 1 to San Antonio.  Here’s just a brief sample: 1)     “Gotta get to the block.  See wat spurs r gonna do … Continue reading →

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DANGERS OF CYBERSPACE: Parents Need to Educate About Repercussions of the Internet

Posted by Rick Wolff on February 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

It’s becoming more and more commonplace for teenage athletes to post silly, stupid, or downright distasteful stuff on the web. And even worse, such activity is coming back to haunt them. Whether it’s texting…Facebook postings…Youtube postings….twitter comments…or whatever, this is the first generation of all time that has to come to grips with the serious … Continue reading →

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DANGERS OF CYBERSPACE: Now Athletes are Having their Twitter Accounts Scanned

Posted by Rick Wolff on September 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Life used to be so much simpler with sports parenting…. But these days, in the year 2012, we have yet new challenges to encounter, most notably concerns about social media. We already know about Facebook and kids posting stupid comments and photos online that only result in trouble for them…but now as Twitter becomes more popular, … Continue reading →

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“Big Brother is Watching You!”… Colleges Hire Outside Firms to Monitor Athletes’ Posting on Social Media

Posted by Rick Wolff on April 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

“So here’s how it works…if your son or daughter wants to play intercollegiate sports at our university, he or she has to first sign a waiver that gives us access to all of her social media, including the password to their Facebook account, twitter account, and so on.” Can that be possible? Isn’t that illegal? … Continue reading →

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Parents Have to Teach Student-Athletes about the Dangers of Social Media

Posted by Rick Wolff on February 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

It just seems like an endless comedy of errors….but sadly, there’s nothing funny about what’s going on. Consider these recent cases: o A top HS football player puts out a variety of offensive sexual and racial comments on his Twitter account. Within days, he’s expelled from his HS, and top college recruiters like the Univ … Continue reading →

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