TORONTO –The Canadian Football League announced today that it has fined Calgary Stampeders slotback Nik Lewis for unacceptable comments made on Twitter that are in violation of the league’s social media policy.
As per league policy, player fine amounts are not disclosed.
The CFL’s Social Media Policy is as follows:
Our league encourages players to use social media, in keeping with our desire to be accessible to our fans. But we prohibit players who are on the 46-man roster from using any form of social media during games, including 90 minutes prior to kickoff, during halftime and until after ‘team time*’ and all the individual player’s post-game media obligations have been completed. It is also prohibited to have another person post comments to a player’s social media account on their behalf during a game. Any further restrictions/permissions are at the team’s discretion.
All postings made to social media are treated as ‘public’ and are subject to the same discipline if a player or employee made similar comments or actions in a public forum or in front of a camera or microphone. If a player, team employee or league employee uses social media (which includes retweeting or reposting someone else’s comment(s) to their own social media account) in a manner that may bring the CFL into disrepute, including posts that condone harassment, discrimination or violence, are obscene or sexually explicit, or divulge proprietary information or disparage the league, teams, officials, players, employees or fans, they will be subject to discipline from the Commissioner’s Office.
*Team time is defined as the duration of time that the team is in the locker room following a game and prior to the locker room being opened to media.
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