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(NECN: Ted McEnroe) - Hoping for a little inside knowledge from your favorite football players this season on Twitter? You're about to be disappointed.

Sounds like the NFL won't be a hotbed for Twitter this year. The New York Times reports that a number of NFL teams are telling their players that using Twitter inside team events could be an expensive no-no. The Times reports that Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano "outlawed" Twitter for his team at a team meeting before training camp began.

And in Green Bay, coach Mike McCarthy said his team members would be fined $1,701 per tweet if they tried Twitter inside team facilities.

But not all is lost - some NFL players say they won't be stopped. The Washington Post notes that San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman punched into his Blackberry: "Coach said we cant tweet in the blding so i called my lawyer and found a lupo [loophole] in that contract...tweeting outside yeaaaaa."

And of course, Chad Johnson - excuse me, Chad Ochocinco - said he would willfully violate any NFL ban on using mobile devices from the bench.

Players say it gives them a chance to share more of what 'real life' is like for them in training camp and beyond. But the league is worried that players will give out team information about injuries or strategies.

As for the New England Patriots - not surprising that the few Pats with Twitter accounts have gone silent since training camp. Of the four Patriots listed on twitter-athletes.com(Jake Ingram, Randy Moss, Laurence Maroney and Vince Wilfork), none have updated their accounts in 15 days - and Moss only tweeted once - noting that he was now on Twitter.

I mean, is there a message so Twitter-worthy that it's worth ending up in Bill Belichick's doghouse? You'll have to live with the Pats official Twitter accounts, and those from the legion of reporters following Tom Brady's every breath at training camp.

NFL goes NTL: No Twitter League? | NECN

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