Norman, Oklahoma… Where Getting Wasted Is Not a Hobby nor Interest
Posted by nvr1983 on April 21st, 2009Methinks someone is getting a liiiiiittle too specific with their social networking policy (such a thing exists?).
Indeed. The University of Oklahoma, still smarting from probation based on impermissible phone calls by Kelvin Sampson and a pay-for-play scandal involving bogus jobs (not to mention former Sooner Josh Jarboe’s profane riffs on existentialism), has released records of its new social networking policy, which endeavors to outline exactly the kinds of news feed updates, photo montages and tweets that, as student-athletes, are not in the best interests of the Sooner Nation. Specifically, from the AP:
[A]thletes are warned that their postings must comply with a code of conduct and can be punishable with education, counseling, suspension or expulsion and with the reduction or cancellation of financial aid. It warns athletes not to post pictures that would portray them negatively nor post contact information that agents or their runners could use to put the athletes’ eligibility in jeopardy. “‘Partying,’ ‘drinking,’ and ‘getting wasted’ do not qualify as real hobbies or interests,” the policy warns.
We’ve yet to see the entire document of prohibitions, but hopefully the OU compliance folks managed to capture some of the other necessary guidelines to avoid the ignominy of NCAA gumshoes once again sniffing around Norman:
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do not wear a dress ten sizes too small (Blake Griffin)
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do not publicly refer to the NCAA as the National Communists Against Athletes (Brian Bosworth)
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do not shoot teammates, rob the coach’s house, distribute controlled substances to the FBI or gang-rape coeds (Switzer’s crew)
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do not pick up the phone if a coach is indiscriminately calling you whenever he damn well pleases (Kelvin Sampson)
That should do it. There are undoubtedly more, but these will get the Sooner Nation started.
