Newela - Assignment #1

Haley 1

Lexi Lynae Haley

Mrs. Latall

Honors English I

29 August 2014

College recruiters take social media behavior seriously

    College recruiters (coaches) have been taking their time looking for the good eggs, and the bad eggs. They want the best of the best in their school, on the team, and outside of their school. How do they do it? What are they doing to ensure the best? The answer is simple. Social networking sites.

   These coaches have done the best they can to have the most respectful team around. Also, the most disciplined. They pay attention to the player's Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. If the college or team is interested in a player, and they check the social networking sites, see what that player is like on the internet, and don't like that; They drop them all together. They don't tolerate this, because it shows what kind of person they really are.
    South Carolina freshman defensive back Chris Lammons said he got the message and cleaned up his Twitter act. He said it was part of the transition to becoming a man (growing up).
    "When you're growing up, you probably want to get a big-time job somewhere and they look back at your Twitter account and they see the things you're putting out," Lammons sais. So, in other words, if you want to get a good job someday, and be sophisticated about it, you can't just post whatever you want to post on your social networking sites. You have to think before you do. Because, when you apply for a job, and your boss looks you up on Google, and you don't have very good things pop up under your name, or on your site, they won't be very happy. They probably won't hire you. You won't have that job because of the person they thought you were (even if you've changed since then). Think before you post.
    I think the whole idea of coaches (recruiters) looking for backgrounds is a good thing, but also a bad thing. On one hand, the coaches get to really see if the players they are interested in are even worth their time and their effort, and those players get other people who are just as worthy as they are. On the other, if you posted things they shouldn't have, and they have changed since then, that is going to be really bad for them. They probably just ruined their chances before they even got the chance to really show what they had, or what they were capable of. The good part about that is, to the people who really didn't make mistakes, is that the people who did make the mistakes get a punishment. That punishment is not getting accepted. To make a long story short, I agree with the article, and the idea of being with people who are like you.