* Never tweet or post when you are emotional. Chances are the action will have a negative outcome. * Be cautious when retweeting or reposting someone else's content. Such action can appear to be an endorsement of the message, even if you are not the original author. * Never assume that a message or post is protected from public view, even if you have the " private " settings turned on for your profile. * Do not give out personal contact information to a " friend " or " follower " that you do not know, and never post that information publicly. We periodically check up on the content posted by our players, but our approach stops well short of an outright ban, heavy monitoring or social media contracts that some schools have chosen to implement to protect their institutions and student-athletes from negative publicity. Although our team has not been completely incident free, the couple of issues that have come up have been very minor in nature. Our approach to social media oversight ultimately allows our players some freedom, shows that we trust them to use good judgment, and gives them the necessary guidance to ensure that they avoid any embarrassing incidents. As a result, we will continue to utilize this approach with each of our teams in seasons to come. 2019 TECH GUIDE 27