New NCAA live blogging policies: Confusion compounded

December 19th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

So, the NCAA recently released its new in-game blogging policies — if you remember, we went crazy in-depth about this back in June with Eric McErlain, it’s a tad fascinating to us for more than a few reasons — and they are as to be expected. That is to say, they are mildly confusing with shades of grey. Here’s how many times you can “blog” during a game for winter sports:

OK, first and foremost, policing the credentialed media members on this kind of stuff is going to be ridiculous. Are they going to have a few Firfox tabs open all game, making sure you didn’t update more than the allotted amount of times? And furthermore, what does the term “blog” even mean in this instance?

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 apply to all sports listed and are applicable to both genders.

OK, so is a blog an individual entry?  (Only n00bs call an individual post or entry a “blog.” Let’s get serious here, people. That’s like calling an article in a newspaper a “newspaper.”) I suppose they might be referring to updates to an individual entry here (would make the most sense, but again, this is confusing to being with), which at five time per half seems reasonable for a basketball game. This could be fractioned off even more, though — just keep the software open and hit publish after you’ve wrote what could constitute 13 updates or “blogs” and then hit publish, what are they going to do to you then? — but this is all starting to make my head hurt.

I’m sure if I called the NCAA up right now, they would give me a nice explanation on all this. Even still, there’s wiggle room everywhere. In any event, I wish everyone the best of luck in this new endeavor. If you need me, I’ll be on my couch, live blogging IU games from the comfort of my couch with nary a care in the world, thank you very much.

{Via TBL via Scott’s Shots.}