British & Irish Lions Players To Create Social Media Policy For Tour Of New Zealand

The British & Irish Lions will allow a "committee" of players to produce a "social-media policy for the squad" during the tour to New Zealand, one of the men in charge of the trip announced, according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. Lions COO Charlie McEwen confirmed there would be "no blanket ban on the use of the likes of Facebook or Twitter during their six weeks away." He also revealed a panel of players "would have the final say on what rules -- if any" -- they and their teammates "would have to abide by and would even be given a veto" on what was published by tour organizers. Speaking at the London Telegraph Business of Sport 2017 conference, McEwen said, "The team will have a social media and content committee. Made up of players. Absolutely 100 percent. From a British & Irish Lions perspective, we’ll be putting content out there every single day that will be telling a story, but we'll get the support from the players to make sure that what we put out is what they want us to put out" (TELEGRAPH, 5/10).