Do the Cleveland Indians have a social media policy for non-player employees regarding their personal accounts?
The Indians adhere to MLB policies regarding personal accounts for non-player employees. Q: Four Indians players have their own Twitter accounts, does the team have any influence over those? If not, is it the realm of the Players Association? The Indians do not have any influence over players’ personal twitter accounts. We offer media training seminars to our players during Spring Training in an attempt to help them successfully address any future media challenges that may arise in a professional manner. Q: Can individual teams fine or discipline a player based on an inappropriate or inflammatory social media update? Would it be treated any differently than an inappropriate or inflammatory comment made in the media? We treat any matter such as that as internal and not share with the public. Q: Which professional teams do you believe are best integrating social media into marketing communications, and how often do you review what other MLB teams are doing? The Phoenix Suns were definite
