January 2, 2008
NCAA Tells Bloggers Copious Posting is Out
With March Madness just around the corner the NCAA has decided to clamp down on prolific blogging. Last month the group issued a new policy limiting the number of blog posts during 23 different championship college events. Here’s a sampling of the restrictions: Baseball and softball, one each inning; lacrosse, three per quarter, one at halftime; football, three per quarter, one at halftime; basketball, five times per half, one at halftime, two times per overtime period. The policy also says that bloggers must link to ncaasports.com.
The new rules are being roundly criticized in the blogosphere. CNET’s Ina Fried said they remind her of the “music industry trying to hold on desperately to old business models in a fundamentally new era.” David Scott of Boston Sports Media Watch said the rules “are begging to be made fun of.” Ars Technica seems ambivalent, calling the rules both silly and reasonable.
In June a Courier Journal writer was kicked out of an NCAA baseball game in Louisville, KY for blogging live updates of the game. —Andrea L. Foster
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The policy only refers to “Credential Holders” and blogging limitations. I would think that people in attendance could blog without restriction unless the NCAA claims blogging is a “live representation” which is a questionable claim as pointed out in the above article.
— Jeff Bohrer Jan 2, 03:39 PM #
Jeff,
Non “Credential Holders” probably will not be allowed to blog at all. It’s time to dump the NCAA.
— Patrick Jan 2, 04:57 PM #