I think it’s safe to say we all know the risks that come with social networking in this day and age. The older crowd took to Twitter like teenage girls to the Jonas brothers. Pretty much everyone and their grandma uses Facebook. No matter what you think is private isn’t really private at all.

One J-school professor has told her class over and over, “If you don’t want [it] on the front page of the newspaper, keep it off Facebook.”

Apparently college athletes aren’t getting that memo.

Jamere Holland was a wide receiver for the University of Oregon. That was, until he decided to rip his coach, Chip Kelly, on his Facebook. Holland updated his status with an explative-filled lashing out at Kelly for allegedly giving then-teammate Kiko Alonso the boot for an arrest.

Little did Holland know, Alonso was arrested but he wasn’t kicked off the team. Whoops. Unfortunately for Holland, there’s no “undo” button on the internet. Kelly saw it and Holland will no longer be suiting up in the coolest D-I uniforms come this fall (or any other D-I uniform, for that matter).

Luckily for this 21-year-old, he’s not alone in the “1,000,000 strong for keeping old people off Facebook” group.

Meet Buck Burnette, former back-up center for the BCS Championship runners-up Texas Longhorns. Now, I know things still work a little differently in the South, but that really doesn’t justify making racial slurs around the election of the American President.

Coach Mack Brown quickly gave Burnette the ole heave ho and instead of celebrating a pretty awesome season with his buddies, the 22-year-old is probably out working his butt off to afford school instead of having a free ride.

Now, I understand the temptation. Your friends put pictures of themselves doing a keg stand and say whatever they want on their profiles, so why can’t you, right? The reason is because you’re not a normal college student, you’re an NCAA student-athlete.

“You’re not just a face for this university when you’re with your team on the field or in the classroom, but really in every social aspect there is,” Milwaukee women’s soccer head coach Michael Moynihan said.

While the winningest soccer coach in Panther history said he doesn’t force his players to be his “friends,” he does talk to them about the potential that something like Facebook poses for young student-athletes. And he’s not alone.

Panther women’s basketball head coach Sandy Botham said she has a Facebook account. While she said she’s okay with her team being themselves, you have to be cautious when you’re in the public spotlight.

In a time when the media uses every tool at their dispense to find out information about the subjects they cover, athletes still post inappropriate randomness on social sites and think they’re safe.

But at the same time, these are just kids. Shouldn’t they be allowed to live by every other college kid’s standards?

The sad reality is no. It has never been an easy thing to be a student-athlete (I do not envy their schedules), and sites like these are only making it harder for them.

So for the Jamere Hollands and Buck Burnettes out there, I really do feel sorry for you, but you need to be smarter than that and realize you’re not just you on Facebook but rather a brand that represents the school you go to.