If you’re a beat writer covering the Kansas Jayhawks and you haven’t friended Tyshawn Taylor on Facebook -- well, what are you waiting for? After all, it was there that Taylor detailed his part in the September fight between Kansas basketball and football players and, earlier this week, apparently indicated he was transferring.
The Window Into Tyshawn Taylor’s Mind Is Slammed Shut
↵In any case, you’ve missed your chance. Kansas head coach Bill Self -- who says he believes Taylor is staying put -- has pulled the plug on Taylor’s Facebook page.
↵↵“It won’t be a problem from this point forward. It won’t be a problem from this point forward. Ever,” he added, strongly implying he’s told Taylor to cease and desist all social media postings.
↵↵As we noted, Taylor seems to not recognize what he posts on the Internet can be, you know, read by other people -- or at least that it might be of interest to others.
↵↵In September, he revealed via Facebook his role in a fight between members of the KU football and basketball teams, saying he injured his thumb throwing a punch, part of a string of Facebook posts that used racial slurs and threatening language.
↵↵Taylor has lost his grip on a spot in the starting lineup, and for now Self and others think he was just venting -- something that millions of people do on Facebook every day. We’ve seen plenty of social media mishaps in sports over the last several years, and it’s likely to keep cropping up -- especially at the college level, where it’s harder for players to understand why they can’t use the Internet just like their friends.
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