Albion have ruled out banning Peter Odemwingie from Twitter after the Nigeria international's repeated online rants.
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Soccer - Barclays Premier League - West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa - The Hawthorns Baggies boss Steve Clarke insisted the club must treat players "like adults" and dismissed suggestions Odemwingie should be ordered to close his account.
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The 31-year-old, who clashed repeatedly with fans and criticised the club on Twitter during his attempts to force a January move, launched a lengthy tirade against Nigerian football officials on the micro- blogging side this week before deleting the tweets.
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Head coach Clarke said: "I don't do Twitter but we try to treat all our players like adults. You can't sit them down and say 'you can't do this' or 'you can't do that'.
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"It has been known for some clubs to do it but I think you'd probably need to put something in the contracts."
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Albion contracts do not prohibit the use of Twitter but the club's disciplinary guidelines say players cannot bring the club into disrepute online.
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Clarke said: "It's difficult to stop people from tweeting and 99 per cent of them use it very well.
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"It's every now and again you get one line that causes a stir. It's like sending a text message, in that it can be very hard to make a joke in a text. It can sound cold.