YOU MAY BE annoyed – or disillusioned - but expressing your dissatisfaction in less than 140 characters is not the a good idea for high-profile GAA players, according to one intercounty star.
Mayo senior football skipper Alan Dillon says that county stars need to leave the phone in the pocket and the laptop closed when things fail to go as planned.
First, Laois footballer MJ Tierney sent a one-word update (#disillusioned) to his followers, prompting criticism from the Sunday Game couch. Then Meath’s Brian Farrell expressed his unhappiness at Croke Park disciplinary officials when his harshly-awarded red card wasn’t overturned last week.
“I suppose you have to be cautious at times and I am not sure if it is the right thing to do to be publicising if you have any grievances,” said Dillon, who is himself a Twiter user, (@Alan_Dillon).
“Mostly it should be positivity that you should be presenting to the public and not airing any disputes or negativity.
“It is just another social media and it is probably the way the 21st century is going. I have no problem with Twitter,” he added.
Logging off... Twitter no place for players' complaints, says GAA star
YOU MAY BE annoyed – or disillusioned - but expressing your dissatisfaction in less than 140 characters is not the a good idea for high-profile GAA players, according to one intercounty star.
Mayo senior football skipper Alan Dillon says that county stars need to leave the phone in the pocket and the laptop closed when things fail to go as planned.
The 2006 All-Star made his comments - John Fallon in the Irish Independent reports – in the wake of recent mini-controversies in the GAA.
First, Laois footballer MJ Tierney sent a one-word update (#disillusioned) to his followers, prompting criticism from the Sunday Game couch. Then Meath’s Brian Farrell expressed his unhappiness at Croke Park disciplinary officials when his harshly-awarded red card wasn’t overturned last week.
“I suppose you have to be cautious at times and I am not sure if it is the right thing to do to be publicising if you have any grievances,” said Dillon, who is himself a Twiter user, (@Alan_Dillon).
“It is just another social media and it is probably the way the 21st century is going. I have no problem with Twitter,” he added.
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