Social media is on the rise and still is today. Social media allows you to communicate with anyone and everyone around the world. It could help you build up your career and business. Not only can social media help you but it can also hurt you, especially if you are a soon to be college athlete.

The only people that this would frustrate is the athlete themselves. Yes, it is their social media page and they can post whatever they want but at the same time they need to be careful about what they do and say. Today, it seems like everyone’s favorite thing to do is go way back in time and see what people said on social media, especially on Twitter. An example of this is Bradley Patterson. Patterson was a football player at the University of Alabama. Patterson got in trouble when he tweeted insulting comments about then U.S. President Obama. This resulted in him getting kicked off the team.

A solution to this problem is to just have common sense. Think before you Tweet or post something on social media. If you think what you are about to Tweet or post is going to offend someone, do not post it. Instead share it with your friends instead of sharing it to the world. To somewhat get around this situation, put all of your profiles on private, do not use your real name, and do not make your profile picture of yourself.

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