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  Date / Time: 8/7/2009 4:36 AM UTC

  NFL Sets Twitter, Social Media Restrictions for Players
  

  $0DAVIE, Fla. —  The only tweets during the Miami Dolphins scrimmage Saturday will come from the officials’ whistles.$0$0The Dolphins are at the forefront of an NFL clampdown on Twitter and other social media, with new restrictions imposed on players, reporters and even spectators.$0$0Miami’s secretive Bill Parcells regime prohibits fans and media at training-camp practices from tweeting, blogging or texting. At least six other teams have also imposed such restrictions on reporters, even though the workouts are open to the public.$0$0Twitter intolerance is no surprise in a league where paranoia is part of the playbook. Like many Americans, coaches are anxious and a little confused about the rapid pace of change in communication.$0$0"I don’t really have a Twitter policy," Denver coach Josh McDaniels said. "I don’t know what it means; I don’t know what it is. I don’t know MyFace, Spacebook, Facebook stuff. I don’t know what that is either."$0$0McDaniels mangled the Web-site names in jest, and the Broncos actually do prohibit tweeting. Such restrictions run contrary to a recommendation from league headquarters that teams allow tweeting and blogging during training camp practices.$0
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