Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2015, Page 15

Description:	Before the South game, they told us to not get on anysocial media for a whole week. They said there were goingto be too many posts about it, and to just stay off itcompletely, Logan Calvin, a sophomore on the boysbasketball team said.Mike Mossbrucker has been Norths athletic director forfour years, and he has noticed the increase of social mediaas a place for athletes to talk badly about other teams,players and sports officials.People are really quick to use it to criticize people:criticize the other team, criticize their own teammates,criticize the coach, criticize the officials, and its really easy totype something and press send when you dont really haveto own it, Mossbrucker said.The consequences of poor decisions when posting gofurther than being kicked off a team or sent to the principalsoffice. The extent at which employers and colleges gothrough to look through candidates social media makes itdifficult to cover up mistakes.Terrance Thomas, a previous Division One athlete, playedfootball at Indiana University from 2007-2010. Thomas nowworks with lUs recruiting services, and he says that anapplicants GPA is just as important as the content of theirsocial media.Im looking for anything negative. You try not to judge, butyoure just trying to get a feel for the character of the kid.Here at IU were looking for high character, Thomas said.In 201 3, On Device Research conducted a study thatconcluded one in 1 0 people between the ages of 1 6-34 getrejected from a job due to social media.Employers want to know what kind of person theyreemploying, Mossbrucker said. Theyll ask to see yoursocial media. Theyll Google you. And because its out there,theyre going to find it.Students often do not realize the threat that comes withposting things online. The effects they can have on onesacademic and athletic future are detrimental.A sexting scandal in March of 2014 brought negativeattention to both North and its students. Media coverageranged from the Herald Times all the way to an article onYahoo! News.The mistakes people make with social media are lifechanging, life altering, Mossbrucker said. They dontrealize what theyre doing to themselves. And that is scary.oreapplicawere negimpacted,going throuthe applicarsocial medi<\ 5
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