A College Sports Twitter Handle Trade: Syracuse And Stanford

In a NCAA first, Stanford traded its old Twitter handle, @SUAthletics, to Syracuse on Monday.

Stanford Athletics is now tweeting from @GoStanford, and Syracuse University Athletics from @SUAthletics.

In a statement, Bernard Muir, Director of Athletics at Stanford, said,

“Obviously we’re thrilled to activate @GoStanford as our official Twitter handle and pull off this dynamic trade. From a branding standpoint, this trade makes sense for both schools. We held both accounts – the social media equivalent to having two starting quarterbacks, and we wanted to derive as much value as possible.

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