When Akron requested the right to wear its men's basketball Twitter handle on the back of its jerseys Saturday night against Ohio, NCAA officials undoubtedly faced a nightmarish PR dilemma. One option was to grant the request only days after denying Iowa the right to wear Chris Street's last name on the back of its jerseys in honor of the 20th anniversary of his death. The other option was to turn down Akron's request as well, killing a clever idea by the Zips to increase their Twitter following as part of their Social Media Day promotion.Not surprisingly the NCAA chose the latter approach. Akron announced Monday evening that "@ZipsMBB" will appear on the back of their shooting shirts during warmups on Saturday night but not on the backs of their jerseys.
Hey Akron, instead of trying to get more twitter followers, how about you try and focus on winning basketball games. "Hey Mike, they are 15-4 ." Well maybe they'd be 19-0 if they stopped trying to put twitter handles on the back of their jerseys. Another question, did the players want to do this? Because personally I like the classic no name on the back of they jersey, but I think I'd rather have my name on the jersey opposed to @ZipsMBB. That just seems like something a Mens League would do. I dont know. If anything, I think it would be way cooler if each player got to put their own twitter handle on each of their jerseys because if @mjkennedy22 was on the back of my jersey, I'm easily putting up 25 points and 14 assists. It's called honor.
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