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A comment on Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self.

Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by kriro on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @07:11AM (#9804314)
"""Luckily, you’ll be out of the game before these things called Twitter and Facebook come around. Be thankful for that. One day you’ll understand what I mean."""

NFL players listen to this man.

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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by Implicated on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @09:03AM (#9804852)
All professional sportsman should likely listen to this. And take media courses.

It's a whole new world now that these young athletes have had social media for, basically, their entire life.

See: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/13171211/larry...

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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by at-fates-hands on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @10:42AM (#9805556)
All rookies in the NFL and NBA go through "rookie" training with something like a two week conference on how to act off the court, handle your money, and then advice on how to stay out of trouble and what to avoid.

The NBA and NFL go to great lengths to try and keep these guys safe and their careers long. Even with all that, these players still shoot themselves in the foot on a regular basis.

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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by icelancer on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @06:36PM (#9808854)
Two weeks can't undo a lifetime of bad decisions being burned into habits. This isn't an indictment on the NFL/NBA, of course - they are doing what they can.
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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by bentrevor on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @05:58PM (#9808697)
See also: http://www.csnchicago.com/bulls/bulls-draft-pick-bobby-porti...
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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by protomyth on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @09:10AM (#9804895)
Strangely, social media, and it particular Twitter, seems to be working rather well for the NASCAR drivers, but NASCAR has always been the most open sport from a fan's perspective. I guess they got that training given how often they interact with fans.
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Re:Pete Sampras: Letter to My Younger Self by pinko on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @01:27PM (#9813565)
The media, and society more generally, are also more forgiving of the foibles of young white men than they are young black men. The same social media missteps may lead to very different interpretations and outcomes.
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