{"id":2014,"date":"2019-05-09T14:21:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:29:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:29:54","slug":"the-social-media-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweatsoxbaseball.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/09\/the-social-media-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Social Media Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier today, a new era of the NCBL\u2019s Social Media Committee began.\u00a0\u00a0The SMC was down 2 members, a Tier 3 and Tier 4 representative, heading into this new season; Philippe Martin (Black Sox) moved up to Tier 2, and John Mendonca (STD Lynx) accepted a promotion to Tier 4 President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, after a suggestion by NCBL Treasurer Craig Cornell, and with the full support of NCBL Secretary Cory Bond, I, Shaun Keay, submitted my application to fill the Tier 3 vacancy.  Social Media Committee Chair Joseph Beelen attempted a last second Hail Mary email to have anyone else in the tier but me do it, but there were no takers.  24 hours later, I was officially named the Tier 3 Director of Social Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should probably ignore the fact that the SweatSox now have complete control of the league\u2019s media, money, and official minutes.\u00a0\u00a0The #SweatTakeover is nearly complete. What we still don\u2019t have is unfettered access to the NCBL Twitter account though.\u00a0\u00a0Baby steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tier 4 position was filled this morning with everyone\u2019s favourite uncle, Hank Beelen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I, Shaun Keay, plan on taking my new role with the league very seriously.\u00a0\u00a0The previous regime let far too much slide. Gone are the days of teams adding real<\/strong> players with offensive sounding names to their roster (FYI- Mike is actually a great friend of mine).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gone are the days of teams tweeting out fake<\/strong> players with offensive names\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gone are the days of teams tweeting their ejection reports\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gone are the days of teams tweeting about on-field issues they had with umpires\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gone are the days of teams tweeting about other teams not being able to find the strike zone (which may have led to their expulsion from the league)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And gone are the days of the NCBL tweeting links to interviews with no real content.  Thanks for nothing Shaun Van Belichick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW PLAYER PROFILE
Former Ottawa Senator and current Knights player,Shaun Van Allen! He has been with the Knights since 2004. We find out how Don Brennan recruited him to the Knights,his growing up in the prairie\u2019s and post game Meatball and Pasta nights.https:\/\/t.co\/awPvWFYq8W<\/a><\/p>— NCBL (@ncbl) May 9, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>