Mike McCarthy’s “No Tweet” Rule Is Great For Packers

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Published: August 3, 2009

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... the players.

For those of you who have not lost your mind and/or still have a sense of pride and honor, Twitter is the massive online "social networking system." The user can post a small text of 140 characters or less, and the whole world can see it.

That is the official definition of Twitter. My own definition is quite different: in my opinion, Twitter is the first horseman of the apocalypse. Alas, I digress...

Mike McCarthy has declared that any Packers player caught tweeting will receive the maximum fine allowed by the NFL from McCarthy. I am a huge fan of this new rule. My hate for Twitter aside, this is a move that will keep the locker room from turning into an internet chat room.

"Tweeting" has recently become very popular with professional athletes. Many of them leave "tweets" before and after games. While the practice itself is harmless, it has the potential to rip locker rooms apart. The Packers are one blow-out loss and one angry tweet from bec...

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