Letter from AFM – Social Studies

When the subject of social media came up at a recent NFL HSPD Leadership Program session for top high school student-athletes, NFL Player Engagement representatives had a unique way of presenting the perils of posting on social media sites. One by one, they asked athletes to stand up and read actual tweets they had sent out, which the NFL had previously collected and projected on a big screen.

The results of the exercise weren’t pretty. Many tweets included foul language and derog...Login to Read More