Hot on the heels of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's rulemaking on gameday tweeting, Yahoo!'s Marc Spears reports that the NBA is considering a policy of its own. Commissioner David Stern was noncommittal on what an NBA Twitter policy would ban, though one would imagine the NFL's "no Tweet window" around games -- from 90 minutes before kick-off until after post-game media access -- would be a likely base.I understand why the league wouldn't want players tweeting (or doing anything else on an electronic device) during a game, and unofficial injury updates or referee disclosures would be bad all around. But beyond that, it's probably best left to each team's discretion. The NBA, after all, doesn't set rules for what activities can occur on the team bus before or after games, or whether headbands are allowed on the court. Teams do. Perhaps the league can set guidelines for the franchises, but Twitter is not a rogue NBA crisis ready to burst. If having an NBA policy prevents a suspended Dwight Howard from live-tweeting a Magic playoff game, I want no part of it.
