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A picture like this would just be embarrassing to post, but student athletes must beware of putting up images that can affect their careers.

Once a student is in college, the monitor- ing continues. A study by University of Mary- land’s Student Press Law Center found that more than 50 top universities have policies to monitor social media and keep an eye on their student-athletes. Some schools have policies in place that punish students for posting of- fensive or inappropriate information. Associ- ate athletic director Felicia Martin of Texas Tech told the Maryland reporters, “We totally respect students’ personal media presence. We respect that. We don’t say: ‘Don’t have Twitter. Don’t have Facebook. Don’t do Insta- gram,’ What we say is: ‘Be responsible.’”

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