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Univ. of Michigan Ath. Dept. ran "catfish" program on student athletes

  • thePITman
    Univ. of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon released today that their athletic department ran "catfish" program on student athletes to "teach them the dangers of social networking". Haha!

    http://www.elevenwarriors.com/buckshot/2013/02/19218/michigans-athletic-department-ran-a-catfish-training-program-on-its-student-a
  • sleeper
    I think a lot of programs around the country are going to do this to avoid the embarrassment that Notre Dame will always be known for.
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    Reminds me of the "To Catch a Predator" series with Chris Hanson.
  • WebFire
    Not sure what is haha about it? Doesn't sound like a bad thing.
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    I don't think it is haha at all. It reminds me of To Catch a Predator - not in any funny way.
  • Terry_Tate
    WebFire;1379536 wrote:Not sure what is haha about it? Doesn't sound like a bad thing.

    It just sounds hilarious that an athletic program would catfish their own athletes. Nothing wrong with it as it was probably a good practice, just funny to think about.
  • WebFire
    Terry_Tate;1379585 wrote:It just sounds hilarious that an athletic program would catfish their own athletes. Nothing wrong with it as it was probably a good practice, just funny to think about.
    Yeah, it's a weird way to go about it. Makes you wonder if there will be growing attempts at catfishing athletes or other famous individuals with the Te'o story out.
  • Fly4Fun
    I loved the arrested development references in the comment section.
  • Coach_08
    I think it was a good idea!
  • Tiernan
    The ha-ha part is that they were posing as "Ohio State Girls"...who could blame the skunkbears from thinking they might be getting a chance to step up from their typical diet of scUM coeds?
  • krambman
    The university and athletic department have been denying this story like crazy since it broke. Unfortunately for them multiple people in the media who were at the event where Brandon talked about doing this have reported it.
  • vball10set
    http://www.toledoblade.com/Michigan/2013/02/02/Coach-employs-firm-to-monitor-Michigan-athletes-social-media-activities.html
  • WebFire
    Looks like a big haha over nothing to me.
  • vball10set
    WebFire;1380469 wrote:Looks like a big haha over nothing to me.
    Pretty much.