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."

Comments

Re:The sensible answer is a protest

[clarkkent09]

I'd liken it to "colored" protesters back in the 60's who sat in the "whites only" sections fully intending to be arrested or to mothers who congregate and all breastfeed their babies together at a restaurant that bans breastfeeding everywhere except in the restroom stalls.

Protesting racial segregation laws is fine. Protesting against rules that a private business sets for behavior on their own property is a ridiculous idea. You are free not to go to their games if you don't like their rules (I don't know what "Southeastern Conference" is, but for I'm assuming it's a private business of some sort) just like breastfeeding feminists are free not to go to restaurants that don't allow breastfeeding. You have no more right to come to my property and act in a way that I disallow just because you happen to think it should be allowed than I have to come to your house and take a dump on your carpet just because I happen to think that's ok.

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[kheldan]

I'd like to see them enforce that rule on blogs that don't bear someone's "legal" name.

I guess they never heard of

[Galestar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press

Re:Who even cares

[jocknerd]

Thats why professional golf sucks. Why should you be quiet? Make a lot of noise, and then we'll see who the good golfers are. Tiger would still dominate, but it would be a hell of a lot more fun.