Ohio State athletic department lifts Twitter-delay policy

An Ohio State athletic department policy that barred media members from reporting information via social media during football press conferences has been lifted.

During first-year OSU coach Urban Meyer’s Monday press conference, athletic department spokesman Jerry Emig asked reporters to delay tweeting until the event ended, as he had at previous football events during Buckeyes’ fall camp.

That directive made national news Tuesday after Akron Beacon Journal sportswriter Jason Lloyd wrote a column on the issue, and OSU has since rescinded the rule.

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