OT: Anyone else find Twitter updates irksome?

[campybatman]

I'll be curious to see if Chad Johnson attempts to continue to use Twitter next season even if (new) rules are in place to prevent him at all cost. It'll need to be a big fine to deter other players from catching on to the idea. But the fine should begin with that player's franchise. How embarrassing it would be for the league to have to inform you that your player or players will be fined for using Twitter during regular season games? You should take the initiative to discipline your own player.

[campybatman]

To follow up on the previous article regarding Chad Johnson.

Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco recently expressed an intention to fully embrace the new technology known as Twitter, by posting updates to his page during regular-season games.

After catching wind of his vow, we asked the league whether in-game tweeting would be permitted. Initially, we were told that the league would look into it.

This morning, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello advised us of the league's position.

"We already have a rule that prohibits the use of cell phones or other handheld devices in the bench area during games," Aiello told us via e-mail.

Todd Wright of Sporting News Radio recently reminded us of that specific rule, which former Falcons coach Jim Mora violated on December 24, 2005 during a game against the Buccaneers.

We're now looking into whether this rule extends into the locker room at halftime. Our current guess is that such matters fall within the purview of the teams. (And, as we previously have noted, the Bengals might prefer to have Chad venting via Twitter instead of doing something like, say, applying a headlock to Hue Jackson or swinging fists with Marvin Lewis.)

Then there's the question of the potential penalty for in-game tweeting. It's a subject about which Chad already is concerned, since he posed the following question last night, on his Twitter page: "If I tweet during the game and they suspend me, would I get paid during my suspension since it's not a legal issue?"

As we pointed out in response to the tweet, he likely wouldn't be suspended for a first offense. Instead, he'd be fined. Mora, for example, had to pay $25,000 as a result of his in-game cellular call.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -tweeting/

[NetsForce]

I never understood the fascination with it. I've never used it and never will...