Blogging the NCAA
Just in case you think that control of news and opinion is the sole purview of the mainstream media, say hello to the NCAA.To quote Bryan Murley, "You can blog, but within stupid, irrational, idiotic limits." Bryan captures the ill-considered blogging policy pretty well at Innovation in College Media.
It serves no purpose but to highlight inane bureaucracy and heavy-handed greed (because at heart, the NCAA blogging policy is all about $$$$). Of course, I would change my mind if the NCAA could show me one credible scintilla of evidence that liveblogging somehow decreases viewership of their championship events. Or that they actually have something other than $$$$ in mind in crafting this stupid policy.
I don't know that our guys are planning to blog the game. I'm not convinced that blogging a game is worth it, given that if you care enough to read a game blog, you probably are watching the game itself. Of course, you watching at home -- or on computer -- aren't restricted by the blogging restrictions. Pretty crazy, huh?
Boy, I hope this post doesn't get our credentials rejected as if we had driven the lane on Roy Hibbert.
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A reporter lost his credentials for live blogging NCAA baseball - you'd have a better luck live blogging the ads you see during the game. And baseball needed the coverage.
Since the games are available live over the Internet, eliminating the need to watch them on TV, why bother. Eventually, we'll be paying to see these games.
Posted on March 17, 2008 9:50 PM