Scoop Jardine, the guard for Syracuse's mens basketball team, fueled an untrue rumor that had hit twitter just by responding to the post. The post was from a news reporter who had found that Syracuse was potentially involved in a point shaving scandal on a gambling site. Even though it was a just a harmless rumor, the fact that Jardine commented on the issue made the team look suspicious. This is not Jardine's first offense, he was involved in a twitter controversy in December when he made a reference to a case that was tried against him and other players last year. In the end the reporter lost his job within 48 hours of the post for misinformation and the coach is considering banning the use of twitter for the remainder of the season.
http://rocnow.com/article/sports/2011102100321
-Jessica West
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