The Effects Social Media has on Sports

Over the past decade Social Media has really evolved into the main source of information regarding news in sports. These days new stories in sports are reported within minutes of the events occurring due to how many people are constantly covering each sports team and player. For sports fans social media is great because they never go a minute without knowing what is going on with the sports world. Personally, I love that I am always being updated on what is going on with all my favorite teams. Even though sports fans love the effects social media has on the sports world, some athletes and coaches see the constant media as a negative. With the media always following players, there is little to no privacy time for them throughout the day and many athletes careers have been severely damaged due to the media such as Tiger Woods. So the question lies, what is more important to the sports social media companies, the satisfaction of the fans or the privacy of the athletes?