During his press conference Monday afternoon, head coach Rich Rodriguez expressed his discouragement towards his players sharing TikTok dances online.
“They’re going to be on it, so I’m not banning them from it, I’m just banning them from dancing on it,” Rodriguez went on to say, “We try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you’re in there in your tights dancing on TikTok ain’t quite the image of our program that I want.”
Athletes being distracted by social media is a common occurrence in this age of sports and media and coaches are taking action.
Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule had recently found videos of his players on TikTok, including one that was filmed in the team’s headquarters.
Rhule disciplined his team by putting them through a “TikTok workout” which involved pushing weight plates with their TikTok bios on the plates. He also made his team wall sit while every freshman had to do a 10-second TikTok dance in front of them.
Rodriguez was able to put a stop to any Mountaineer TikToks before having to discipline his team like Rhule.
