Senior Chris Early violated the UTC basketball team's social media policy.

That's according to Jay Blackman, an athletic department spokesman.

He says, Early posted 5 or 6 negative tweets about his basketball coach, John Shulman, back in November.

"The policy states that inappropriate comments that are critical of other student athletes, coaches or staff could lead to discipline - and this is what Coach Shulman decided to do in this case," says Blackman.

For many people, social media is a daily means of communication

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