This is a case worth watching. The organization that sets up high school sports tournaments in Wisconsin would like to establish a right to control coverage of those tournaments, so it can profit from sale of those rights. News organizations want to be able to cover the action themselves, using whatever media they please. I imagine everyday folks will want in on the action too.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
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It will be interesting to see how this case turns out. Both sides seemed to have a pretty strong case but I found it strange the focus was only on playoff/post season games and not the regular season.
I think the WIAA is overstepping their bounds here, and this isn't the first time they've tried to restrict WI newspapers for coverage of their events. In the past they have tried to keep newspapers from selling reprints of photos staff has taken at these events.
I can't think of another aspect of public education that asserts its right for profit the way the WIAA is. All year long, especially in smaller districts, volunteers, like booster clubs, work hard to make sure that athletics are supported, and then in the post season the WIAA wants to restrict local newspapers ability to report on students' hard work?
I think this is crap.
Also, we are talking about events that are held at public schools financed by local taxpayers. If the WIAA wants to claim that they have jurisdiction over these events, then they should perhaps foot the expenses for their events to be held there - utilities, custodians, etc.
I think they would not go along with that.
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