Cuts Both Ways

Troy Smith of the Baltimore Ravens surely wants to make sure the world knows he's not TroySmith10, lest he incur some similar fines to the San Diego Chargers' Antonio Cromartie. The Baltimore Sun reports the Ravens' QB as one of the latest spoofer victims, but the Sun article also delves into some of the Ravens' policies. For example, Baltimore is not planning to ban Twitter around its camp. We also pick up this tidbit: "The NFL says it supports the 300 or so players who tweet and the league has 807,473 followers on its Twitter site, but it has banned in-game tweets."

At the same time, Georgia discovers how the media is tracking on the activity of its athletes through Facebook. Injuries to players were discovered through casual updates of status, resulting is a flood of questions at the next practice. Players again need a reminder, the media is increasingly looking at all SNW as legitimate, quotable sources.