10 June 2010 - The Dutch football team is in preparation for the first match against Denmark on Monday. The youngest football players grew up in an era of
Twitter, Facebook and other social online media. Twittering is part of life for them, but they probably do not always realize the impact of a sensitive, insulting or just simply silly Tweet. Yesterday, Dutch football coach Bert van Marwijk was forced to ban all use of Twitter during the World Cup in South Africa. The decision was made after young Ajax player Elia posted a video on YouTube in which he could be heard viciously swearing at somebody of North African descent. Most youngsters in the team see Tweeting and Facebooking as part of daily communication, so boredom may set in if they are not allowed to play with their online toys. Boredom leads to frustration, frustration leads to tension, and with a tense team the Dutch will not win the World Cup. I am worried.
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