Given what we know now, it feels time for an update. Here are the rules for the upcoming Premier League season
Back in the mists of 2012, the Premier League issued its first ever set of social media guidelines. As departing chief executive Richard Scudamore – who actually seems to have been departing for a couple of seasons now – put it back then: “There is a more human side now to some of the players, and the public can communicate more directly with them. Sometimes there can be abusive comments, but generally the internet, online chat rooms, and the way people are communicating, is healthy.”
From the bitter and jaded waste spaces of 2019, the only possible reply to this is LOLOLOLOLOL. No one is saying that a second choice striker posting “Let’s do this!!!!!!!” or pictures of their kitchen and car specifically led to the election of Donald Trump, Brexit, the ever-swelling tide of racism and misogyny, and some of your boomer relatives’ belief that two thirds of London is under sharia law. But who among us would truly rule it out?
Written by Marina Hyde
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/10/create-beef-and-never-apologise-my-premier-league-social-media-guidelines under the title “Create beef and never apologise: my Premier League social media guidelines | Marina Hyde”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
