No Social Media In These College Stadiums

RawJoe writes "Today, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is expected to release a final version of its new media policy that, at the moment, can best be described as a ban on all social media usage at SEC games. Earlier this month, the conference informed its schools of the new policy, which says that ticketed fans can't 'produce or disseminate (or aid in producing or disseminating) any material or information about the Event, including, but not limited to, any account, description, picture, video, audio, reproduction or other information concerning the Event.' Translated, that means no Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, TwitPic, or any other service that could in any way compete with authorized media coverage of the event. In the case of the SEC, authorized media coverage rights belong to CBS, who has a $3B deal with the conference over the next 15 years, according to The St Petersburg Times." Good luck with that. To quote Clay Shirky, "The idea that people can't capture their own lived experience is a losing proposition."

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Or Whatever the SEC version is. . .

[MagusSlurpy]

So in other words, I am not allowed to tweet, "Haha, the Bengals lost again?"

Who even cares

[Brian Gordon]

the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is expected to release a final version of its new media policy

That's nice. I'm releasing a new policy that anyone who says my name 3 times has to send me a $100 check.

So what if they release a policy? It's not like they have any sort of legal standing to enforce it. What are they going to do, stop selling you tickets?

Re:The sensible answer is a protest

[BlueParrot]

Protesting racial segregation laws is fine. Protesting against rules that a private business sets for behavior on their own property is a ridiculous idea.

Take some time to think through what you just wrote.