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.