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Update: Cardiff City instructed their players before their play-off semi final with West Ham that they were not permitted to use Twitter/Facebook until after their second leg.

Is this unfair on the Cardiff City players? Can something be done to limit freedom of speech on twitter for sports stars? Is this hard-line stance beginning to trend among football clubs involved in major games/tournaments?

384 days ago

Rick Eyre,

I don't think this is a "freedom of speech" issue any more or less than with any other employer restricting employee discussion of workplace matters. Are we coming to expect too much openness of communication with the rise of Twitter, Facebook et al?

It's a nice ideal to think that all football players could be directly accessible throughout Euro 2012, but their first priority is after all to be elite football players and not highly-skilled public relations officers. I think the DBU is on the right track by channelling all contact through the team accounts - at least for the duration of the tournament. Other teams may think differently, but it will all depend on the resources they want to put into media/PR management.

392 days ago