The social media usage policy for members of the Socceroos

This entry was posted by Laura on Wednesday, 9 June, 2010 at

After reading World Cup 2010: England players banned from Twitter , I was curious as the social media usage policy for the Socceroos.  When I met with Canberra United, I asked about their own social media policy for players and the W-League.  I also asked if they knew about the social media usage policy for the Socceroos.  They weren’t sure at the time but they followed up with the FFA and gave me an answer.  (I love the people at Canberra United.  When the season starts, I’ll definitely be seeing a few games. ) What I was told was that members of the Socceroos are not allowed to use social media while they are in training camp.  What this means is that you’re not going to see them on Twitter or Facebook.   Members of the Socceroos are also subject to Hyundai A-League and FFA code of conduct, which can limit some of their activities.  There are good arguments to allow players and ban players from using social media.  I’m happy to know what’s official going on as it can put other metrics into context.

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  • It sounds a bit ridiculous that even athletes are told not to use social media, so basically if you have a social network account and over night you become a first grade soccer player you have to stop interacting with your family and friends? interesting times coming up for sure.
  • Hope you can learn a lot.

    (and see a few Canberra games!)

    Thanks for the link about Code of Conduct.

    Three more days to go until the World Cup.

    Do you mean some of these links?

    www.footballaustralia.com.au/site/_conte...
    www.a-league.com.au/site/_content/docume...
    www.footballaustralia.com.au/site/_conte...
  • Yay! World Cup. :D I've got my Sunday Herald Socceroos scarf, my New Zealand All Whites shirt, my Slovak heritage, my American self all kitted out to cheer for the world. :D Very excited. ... Except about the times. :( Poor sleep.

    The link I shared was the link I was sent. :) I looked at some of it but not in as much detail as I could. I'm mostly focusing on the AFL (at the moment) so everything else is kind of being used as context for how the AFL fits into the broader sport culture of Australian fandom online.
  • So long as you don't portray the AFL as monolithic, those of us who also follow other sports will be happy.

    Yeah, poor sleep.

    Read about World Cup rituals just today. Some people sit on the couch, others go to soccer pubs/clubs/bars ...
  • I have a huge need to contextualize everything... which makes all my stuff really, really long and data filled. So portraying the AFL as monolithic is unlikely to happen. :)

    I'm a morning person who likes to go to sleep early. The games that start at 10:30pm are more problematic for me to watch than the games at 4:30am. I'm just not going to a bar to watch them because the time is all wrong. UCanberra has some things but I think they are charging. :( Otherwise, I might consider it.
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