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Professional Sports and Social Media
Social Media has become the platform for everyone to speak freely in the past few years. While watching sporting events you will often find someone cheering on their favorite sports team, from behind their phone or computer. Often you’ll also find people complaining on social media about their favorite sports teams. Technology is so advanced today that we no longer have to watch the game live on television. There are apps, like ESPN that will send you updates on the teams of your choice. You can also follow your favorite sports team on social media platforms like, twitter, facebook, and instagram for example. On those websites professional teams accounts post live updates of scores and plays during games and interact as much as they can with their fans and followers. Many professional athletes have social media accounts that they are very active on. Fans get the chance to follow their favorite players and keep up with their day to day life, whether it be in their teams uniform or not. Through social media fans get to see their favorite players be real human beings and not just professional athletes, its like an inside look into the lives of the famous people that many look up to and are inspired by. A big thing that’s being spoken about all over social media is the NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem in the 2017-2018 football season. The protests began with Former Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick. He refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem before the start of the game. Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder." This has caused a lot of controversy within the NFL and across the nation. Now, a bunch of players are protesting by not standing for the National Anthem, but for many different reasons. All different people have voiced their opinions about this over social media, not just players. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and all other social media platforms have this topic trending with many different opinions and views. Professional athletes, celebrities, and even The President of the United States have tweeted their opinions on the protests. Players use their social media accounts to voice their opinions and their personal reasons for protesting or for honoring the flag. Really, they use their accounts for anything they need to say. It’s a way for them to get their message across to their fans as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of the most famous athletes that currently play in the NFL like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers shared instagrams posts supporting their teammates. Fans and people all over the country have different reactions. PhillyVoice.com took a poll over Twitter. The conclusion they came up with is that the nation is equally divided on this issue. They way they determined this was through hashtags on twitter. Those who are supporting the protests included the hashtag #TakeAKnee in their tweets and those who are against them included the hashtag #boycottNFL in their tweets. Because of social media it was possible to determine the country’s take and opinion on the current issues within the NFL. KristenRoberts (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Peer Review- Scott Lawson

This section is definitely a great section to add with the highlight mentioning the recent NFL incidents. I would mention more about how people find out sports news through many social media apps. Mention how you don't even have to watch the game on television to keep up with whats happening and scores. Also, find more information about Colin Kaepernick and the reasons he took a kneel for the National Anthem which started it all. Stay neutral when finding sources that mention the Kaepernick situation, as you should with the entire addition to the article. Adding how professional sports players and coaches ruin their careers through social media stunts would be interesting too. Scottylaws (talk) 21:18, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Responding to Peer Review
Thank you Scottylaws, this was a very nice evaluation. Great tips, I will definitely expand this with the ideas and tips you gave me! Thank you!! KristenRoberts (talk) 15:29, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Professional Sports and Social Media
Social Media has become the platform for everyone to speak freely in the past few years. While watching sporting events you will often find someone cheering on their favorite sports team, from behind their phone or computer. Often you’ll also find people complaining on social media about their favorite sports teams. Technology is so advanced today that we no longer have to watch the game live on television. There are apps, like ESPN that will send you updates on the teams of your choice. You can also follow your favorite sports team on social media platforms like, twitter, facebook, and instagram for example. On those websites professional teams accounts post live updates of scores and plays during games and interact as much as they can with their fans and followers. Many professional athletes have social media accounts that they are very active on. Fans get the chance to follow their favorite players and keep up with their day to day life, whether it be in their teams uniform or not. Through social media fans get to see their favorite players be real human beings and not just professional athletes, its like an inside look into the lives of the famous people that many look up to and are inspired by. A big thing that’s being spoken about all over social media is the NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem in the 2017-2018 football season. The protests began with Former Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick. He refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem before the start of the game. Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder." This has caused a lot of controversy within the NFL and across the nation. Now, a bunch of players are protesting by not standing for the National Anthem, but for many different reasons. All different people have voiced their opinions about this over social media, not just players. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and all other social media platforms have this topic trending with many different opinions and views. Professional athletes, celebrities, and even The President of the United States have tweeted their opinions on the protests. Players use their social media accounts to voice their opinions and their personal reasons for protesting or for honoring the flag. Really, they use their accounts for anything they need to say. It’s a way for them to get their message across to their fans as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of the most famous athletes that currently play in the NFL like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers shared instagrams posts supporting their teammates. Fans and people all over the country have different reactions. PhillyVoice.com took a poll over Twitter. The conclusion they came up with is that the nation is equally divided on this issue. They way they determined this was through hashtags on twitter. Those who are supporting the protests included the hashtag #TakeAKnee in their tweets and those who are against them included the hashtag #boycottNFL in their tweets. Because of social media it was possible to determine the country’s take and opinion on the current issues within the NFL. KristenRoberts (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Professional Sports and Social Media
Social Media has become the platform for everyone to speak freely in the past few years. While watching sporting events you will often find someone cheering on their favorite sports team, from behind their phone or computer. Often you’ll also find people complaining on social media about their favorite sports teams. Technology is so advanced today that we no longer have to watch the game live on television. There are apps, like ESPN that will send you updates on the teams of your choice. You can also follow your favorite sports team on social media platforms like, twitter, facebook, and instagram for example. On those websites professional teams accounts post live updates of scores and plays during games and interact as much as they can with their fans and followers. Many professional athletes have social media accounts that they are very active on. Fans get the chance to follow their favorite players and keep up with their day to day life, whether it be in their teams uniform or not. Through social media fans get to see their favorite players be real human beings and not just professional athletes, its like an inside look into the lives of the famous people that many look up to and are inspired by. A big thing that’s being spoken about all over social media is the NFL players kneeling for the National Anthem in the 2017-2018 football season. The protests began with Former Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, Colin Kaepernick. He refused to stand during the playing of the National Anthem before the start of the game. Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color, To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder." This has caused a lot of controversy within the NFL and across the nation. Now, a bunch of players are protesting by not standing for the National Anthem, but for many different reasons. All different people have voiced their opinions about this over social media, not just players. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and all other social media platforms have this topic trending with many different opinions and views. Professional athletes, celebrities, and even The President of the United States have tweeted their opinions on the protests. Players use their social media accounts to voice their opinions and their personal reasons for protesting or for honoring the flag. Really, they use their accounts for anything they need to say. It’s a way for them to get their message across to their fans as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of the most famous athletes that currently play in the NFL like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers shared instagrams posts supporting their teammates. Fans and people all over the country have different reactions. PhillyVoice.com took a poll over Twitter. The conclusion they came up with is that the nation is equally divided on this issue. They way they determined this was through hashtags on twitter. Those who are supporting the protests included the hashtag #TakeAKnee in their tweets and those who are against them included the hashtag #boycottNFL in their tweets. Because of social media it was possible to determine the country’s take and opinion on the current issues within the NFL. KristenRoberts (talk) 22:46, 10 October 2017 (UTC)