Tracking Athletes' Tweets Difficult When Parody Posers Are Everywhere
Even respected journalists are sometimes fooled by Twitter accounts claiming to be popular sports figures. With schools facing and handing out penalties for student athletes’ misguided posts more and more often, isn’t it inevitable that one of these “parody” accounts will eventually cross the line and claim to be genuine?
There could be big money in online athlete account deception – or at the very least, big potential for ruining someone’s professional career. There are companies out there tracking athletes’ accounts, of course.
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