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Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Brian — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:57:55 -0000

Flagship as in "most knowledgeable in burning couches"? Then yes, you are correct.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:03:00 -0000

This is great, look at the Social Media Comments at the bottom - that should answer the question of how "lame" this all is supposed to be to some of the commenters here.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:01:32 -0000

"networks pay big-time $ to have exclusive rights to the game", well they have rights to all ADVERTISING, not exclusive rights to people essentially just talking about the event.

The courts have proven time and time again that just because you have a lot of money riding on something, doesn't mean you can trample on the rights of citizens. So, really, somewhat the dumbest post, yet. Both congress and the courts have also proved that because you are a business, also doesn't give the business the right to autonomy in all of it's deals. We arent talking about patents here, we are talking about copyrights.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:56:14 -0000

Press is not banned, that is in the deal.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:54:55 -0000

Ya, I could see that from the mechanical noises (and beeps mentioned earlier) up to the last 2 years or so, but even those rules are becoming swiftly daft.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:46:57 -0000

You just crossed the line pal! If you are not engaged while AT a live event, then you are brain dead or bored enough to tweet about it!

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:45:23 -0000

Agreed Ostro, too, and it's not like signs can't be posted to "PLEASE SILENCE OR VIB YOUR DEVICES". Instead of just not allowing them in? Most pro digital cams now beep confirmation tones after every shot taken, and I don't see a lot of those idiots (except for Bob Booker) turning off that damned nonsense!

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:42:31 -0000

Yes, when alumni "Moo". Moo on, sirs, moo along.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:41:39 -0000

We all hope or pray that you dint just SMS that from your moving Cessna.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:39:01 -0000

And, you never know, someone will usually have that one classic angle that the pros missed, and bang it's on TV ot YT. (1 second of producer cred)

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:37:04 -0000

Certainly true, what with all the added lower thirds, bugs, fly-ins, graphs. And, still, today, it's even cheap enough for the amateur to add that crap in AFTER the fact - where you would expect it. As in, "Ya, I get it, Entourage will be on in an hour, got it, move on! Step away from the fancy graphic". Doesn't analysis have to grow from at least some retrospect?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

scaffold — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:29:55 -0000

It's certainly not going to happen with enforcement using visual cues, but it could happen through more mundane means. Currently , the US Supreme court has refused to hear cases inlolving the blocking of RF in public events (brought about several years ago by Broadway Theatre goers, in fact), now with the "powerful" SEC, perhaps their lobbyists will push for legislation allowing RF blocking - it is current off-the-shelf technology and is not hackable (neither by user nor recipient).

And the US Open banned all CellPhones and WhatNots? Perhaps President O'Bama (I think he's a wee bit Irish) should again take up golf, indeed? If the President's own SS can acquiesce to let him continue to tweet from his BlackBerry, then who are we to say no to him Tweeting on the green?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:20:07 -0000

Dude, you had me at <sarcasm>

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

prowse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:12:14 -0000

Everyone please keep complaining, as this is about evreything but money. If everyone is so angered and redundant, "then take the issue to the SEC, its
respective school presidents and other school representatives" (like your local Community Colleege Sports Director ?), but also include all those on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed, and anyone else that uses social media (like MASHABLE COMMENTS).

COMPLAINING ABOUT IT HERE AND EVERYWHERE ELSE WILL DO ONLY GOOD.

Micheal, unless you prefer to enter your comments ONLY through a keyboard ("how quaint") attached to a "computer" sitting on a "desk" or at a standard "laptop" plugged into the wall via a "cable", then by your implied standards you would have no other way to let us know your opinions; no iPhone, no BlackBerry, no Google Phone, no nothing other than your current Luddite ways. And all because you say it's all about the cash.

Do you still buy "batteries" for your "pager"?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Drew — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:50:51 -0000

Reminds me of the 70's when VHS / BetaMax recorders were coming to market. OMG, someone might actually use them to record something!!! Then the fear hit again with CD recorders. And then DVD recorders. And then MP3s.

Now all of these things are big business.

Why can't business execs learn from the past?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

25BAR — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:49:43 -0000

LOL!
the world must be reminded of the FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
it is about time.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

jansegers — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:55:34 -0000

I would suggest it's about time to organize Open Sports Events where the transmission of the event are free to all... and about which one can still communicate afterwards with friends and/or family [in a very strict sense, this is also excluded by the text cited above]

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Dale Melder — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:54:38 -0000

BC ,just a question if Ole Miss has a SEC West championship ,when did Ole Miss appear in the SECCG in Atlanta?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Dale Melder — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:52:40 -0000

BC ,just a question if Ole Miss has a SEC West championship ,when did Ole Miss appear in the SECCG in Atlanta?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

mark — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:25:38 -0000

i am sure cbs had something to do with this. when the contract is over, let twitter and facebook step up and pay the $3B rights fee, oh yeah, they don't generate any revenue.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

BC — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:43:16 -0000

Dude, Ole miss never belongs in the same category in football as Vandy/ kentucky/ state!!
check the facts on the records.....Geesh!! Poor in the 70's and early 80's but where have you been??
Out of conference wins over Nebraska/ oklahoma/ texas tech (3) .....2 recent cotton bowl wins/ sec west championship/

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Todd — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:44:39 -0000

Weak sauce. This shows that the SEC is run by old money who has no clue about the current media and technology market

http://ow.ly/kt9w
What's your take?

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

LawyerGal — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:50:16 -0000

My prediction is that this will arise as a Freedom of Speech issue. Personal comments on an event, electronic or not, cannot be chilled, unlike beer.

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Jackie Adkins — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:27:27 -0000

The SEC recently changed these policies and now fans are only not allowed to take video of the game-action itself. Interview w/ Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner of Media Relations, regarding the subject can be found here: http://bit.ly/SECinterview

Re: Social Media Banned from College Stadiums

Mike Torrance — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:23:40 -0000

Big XII is where it's at! Sh*t Eating Conference is going down hill from here.