NFL Wants To Restrict Fans Use Of Twitter

Why Twitter Scares The NFL

Evan Hessel, 09.02.09, 06:00 PM EDT

The league wants to restrict fans' use of Twitter and Facebook to protect its TV contracts. With 45 million monthly unique visitors, the microblogging site Twitter has emerged as an ideal platform for broadcasting personal opinions on nearly every subject matter. The National Football League, the powerful sports league with more than $4 billion in annual television revenues alone, thinks all that frivolous tweeting could seriously damage its business.

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Nfl really hates ocho cinco

 

Good luck with that, NFL.

 

Game day threads!?

:icon_lol:

 

:icon_eek: there after us

 

Screw Em!

 

Later in the article:

 

My rep page at the Texans board says differently.

 

the no fun league will attempt to ban your cell phones from the stadium

 

Exactly what I wanted to post

 

WTF ???

 

@nfl ....heck off

 

Yeah, pretty much. LOL

 

Do not mess with the TV and Radio play by play. It is a no no. This isn't Big Brother watching, This is THE NFL!

 

LOL! What is the NFL going to do to me if I use twitter?

ROFLMFAO!

 

I do not know. I am just saying we may find out. The NFL protects its properties like no one else does. I look forward to see how they handle this new technology. Just my perspective as a MediaGuy.

 

NFL will squeeze a penny until a nickle pops out of it.

Screw'em.

 

Not gonna happen

 

They're doing this because they are afraid of us, afraid that we can just do play by play by using twitter.

 

They should be afraid....... very afraid Muwhahahahahahahahahahahaha