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January 2012, Sports Media
Social Media Used To Screen Recruits
Paul Tenorio of the Washington Post discusses the use of social media by high school athletes and how college coaches are using the various postings and tweets to assess the overall character of the potential recruits.
The growth of social media continues to shape the college recruiting landscape. As more high school athletes turn to Facebook and Twitter to update their status — whether about official campus visits or what movie they’re going to — more college coaches are keeping a close watch. And with national signing day Wednesday, at least one top football recruit found comments posted on his Twitter feed cost him scholarship offers.
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