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    1) The document discusses how athletes are often punished for their personal lives being exposed publicly, such as Plaxico Burress being suspended from the NFL after shooting himself. 2) Social media has aided in the widespread distribution of athletes' personal information without their control, leading companies to monitor employees' social media for improper conduct. 3) A court case established that an employer violated privacy laws by accessing an employee's social media without authorization.

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    1) The document discusses how athletes are often punished for their personal lives being exposed publicly, such as Plaxico Burress being suspended from the NFL after shooting himself. 2) Social media has aided in the widespread distribution of athletes' personal information without their control, leading companies to monitor employees' social media for improper conduct. 3) A court case established that an employer violated privacy laws by accessing an employee's social media without authorization.

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    Athletes in the Media

    Growing up as a child I Idolized many famous people. I used tell myself that one day I
    would be successful and famous as them. Many of them where athletes as they showed that they
    could be smart and athletic to show people the 2 sides of them. I also admired how they seemed
    so transparent to, us the outside world. As I grew older I realized how much I admired my own
    personal space and also the ability to keep personal business between my family and me. As I
    realized that I had also noticed how celebrities always had their personal business broadcasted on
    the new. The people that looked to as though they had no privacy was many athletes.
    One the morning of November 28, 2008 I woke up and was watching ESPN while me
    and my dad were eating breakfast; All of a sudden a breaking story had come in where Plaxico
    Burress, The prized wide receiver of me and my dad favorite football team, The New York
    Giants, had been hospitalized after shooting himself in the leg the night before at a club. After
    this he was then suspended by the NFL indefinitely until he had his case heard or dropped. After
    having to sit out an entire season he was released by the New York Giants due to pressure from
    the NFL. After being released he was fined and had to pay it before he could join another NFL
    team. After paying the fine Burress was signed by the New York Jets and played about 1 season
    before he was released and still remains a free agent to this day. This is an important example
    because as a man he was being punished by the entire country and the league. His personal
    business had been exposed to the public.
    After that many athletes had their business exposed to the world without their control.
    This made a big splash on social media as it aided as the main distribution source of the athletes
    personal business. This eventually made it so that bosses and business would search social media
    to try and catch their employees doing bad things. In an article written by Peter Han & Mark A.
    Dodds they talked about a court case and how it was a dispute over a company monitoring is
    employees and athletes on Social Media. The name of the case was Pietrylo v. Hillstone
    Restaurant Group, 2008. In this case the court reached a decision that the plaintiff was in
    violation of the Stored Communications Act of New Jersey by accessing the social media page
    without authorization, so jury found in favor of the defendant. [1]
    As a person on the outside I feel as though I understand the athletes pain where they are
    being mauled and extorted for their personal info when all they ever wanted to do was play the
    sport that they loved. I believe that athletes in the media and employees in general should not be
    about to get in trouble over personal issues and social media, like many athletes get in trouble
    for, they should only be obligated to do their job and be able to live a normal life on the side.

    References
    [1] Han, Peter, and Mark A. Dodds. "Can a Sport Organization Monitor Its Employees' and
    Athletes' Use of Social Media?" Ed. Thomas H. Sawyer.UNC Charlotte Library. N.p., 12 Mar.
    2013. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2015.

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