Players can use Twitter at Pro Bowl
HONOLULU - JANUARY 30: The NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleaders during the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl pre-game between the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) at Aloha Stadium at Aloha Stadium on January 30, 2011 in …
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Posted: 01/25/2012
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) - The NFL is relaxing its social media policy and allowing players to tweet before and during Sunday's Pro Bowl.
The NFL on Wednesday said it will set up a computer on each sideline where players can use Twitter.
Mobile devices will not be allowed during the game.
The players can also tweet from their phones before the game and at halftime.
The existing policy bans players from tweeting 90 minutes before games all the way until they fulfill their postgame media obligations.
NFL officials say the Pro Bowl experiment is not being considered for the regular season or playoffs.
The players will be tweeting with the hashtag #ProBowl.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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