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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Helen has written a great piece for the WBCA newsletter about the perils of MySpace and Facebook.

How should coaches and schools respond to this new phenomenon? Notre Dame SID and women's hoops rockstar Chris Masters strikes the right cord.
We tell kids, 'Don't put up anything you don't want your folks to see. Certainly, we're not going to restrict you from expressing yourself and being very independent - we encourage that kind of independence. That's something that makes a good team and a good program... [But] remember, you're not only representing your family, you're not only representing your home town, but you're representing the University of Notre Dame, and that's a tremendous responsibility. You basically signed a contract when you signed those scholarship papers and you're agreeing to carry yourself as a role model in this community.