mikegh.wordpress.com - 9/5/2008
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Well, well, well. It seems as if the University of Iowa and the NCAA want to stifle communication coming out of … press boxes?
Before Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz’s press conference Tuesday, a notice was handed out to media members detailing the NCAA’s absurd blogging policy from its sporting events.
Here is that policy:
Each Credential Holder (including television, [...]
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Mike Hlas May Once Again Liveblog With Impunity
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... Those of you following the "controversy" over at the Gazoo (we'd have mentioned it this week if we weren't just the CUTEST little birthday kids) know that Mike Hlas and Scott Dochtermann, two of the finest sportswriters in the state, were officially PUT ON NOTICE by the University after liveblogging the Maine Event. Seriously: ...
Luddite University of Iowa Athletic Department Limits Blogging at Games [Ncaa]
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... Before Kirk Ferentz's press conference yesterday a blogging policy was passed out to credentialed media members. What did this policy state? Well, here goes, "The following is the NCAA’s policy for the number of blogs allowed during a competition or session (i.e., where more than one contest takes place under the same admission ticket). They are applicable to both genders. Basketball/Football: Five times per half; one at halftime, two times per overtime period." So is the NCAA going to count posts now? Wow. That's a pretty ballsy move for an institution where being accused of ...
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