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[21 Sep 2009]
More industries that need to get their heads out of the sand

In a recent post I wrote about both the NFL’s and Tennis’s efforts to control the social media surrounding their games.  The NFL is prohibiting anyone involved with their games from posting anything about them to their social media accounts until 90 minutes after the games.  Tennis followed up prohibiting players from tweeting about their matches.
Not to be outdone, Major League Baseball wanted their 15 minutes of shame this week. Jennifer Van Grove at Mashable wrote about the heart-tugging video of a Dad catching a fly ball and handing it …