NFL continues sports leagues’ propensity to keep tightening the noose on online media coverage for anyone besides their own official services and sites: LR reports on its new restrictions on press conferences, practice video and player interviews, regarding online video. Here’s the rules for news/sports sites, from the memo:
-- 45 seconds maximum per day (90 seconds maximum in two-team markets/45 seconds per team)
-- Not live
-- Available online for only 24 hours maximum – no permanent archive of video or audio
-- Links back to NFL.com and team sites
-- Only used in editorial context (no sponsorship or advertising around the content)
-- No limitation on “talking head” video of reporters at NFL facilities that does not include interview/press conference content
-- 45-second limit per day includes any footage of team practice
Wow.