[vincesanity82]

In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or other officials, including video that the news organizations gather themselves on a team's premises. News organizations can post no more than 45 seconds per day of video shot at a team's facilities. The policy, announced last month with little fanfare, has frustrated journalists, who say it constricts the public's access to information about the nation's most popular spectator sport. A coalition of news organizations has been quietly lobbying the league for months to change the rule.

FanNation | Truth&Rumors | New NFL policy upsets media

[Lefty Noob]

One of the interesting twists to this story is that if a TV station, say WPXI TV in Pittsburgh, shoots a five minute interview with Hines Ward. This new media policy allows them to broadcast the video on the news, but not on their website. I'm pretty sure that any lawsuit against this policy will be successful.

[EmpireWF]

Boy the NFL sure is cutting down on people wronging them.....uh....wait, what benefits does this new policy have?

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

In a move designed to protect the Internet operations of its 32 teams, the pro football league has told news organizations that it will no longer permit them to carry unlimited online video clips of players, coaches or other officials, including video that the news organizations gather themselves on a team's premises. News organizations can post no more than 45 seconds per day of video shot at a team's facilities. The policy, announced last month with little fanfare, has frustrated journalists, who say it constricts the public's access to information about the nation's most popular spectator sport. A coalition of news organizations has been quietly lobbying the league for months to change the rule.

FanNation | Truth&Rumors | New NFL policy upsets media

what are they protecting the teams from by making this change?

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by vincesanity82

what are they protecting the teams from by making this change?

I was going to ask the same thing. What benefit does the NFL get from this new rule?

[Bette]

I dont know what benefits the NFL gets either but offhand, I would have to say that I am kind of happy the media is upset!!!!