NFL curtails coverage

How long before it starts here?

Editor and Publisher report on the many restrictions that the media face on the coverage of the new NFL season in the States,specifically wrankling are

1. New online video limitations that allow only 45 seconds of any game-related video clip to be used online; require such clips to be removed after 24 hours; and bar archiving of such footage.

2. A 20% reduction in sideline access credentials, which at least one newspaper has said cut its media credential allotment by one.

3. New requirements that all sideline still photographers wear red vests to distinguish them from other credentialed media.

The article continues:

The rule changes, which will take effect when the pre-season kicks off in August, have already sparked complaints and talk of protests by photo editors who contend the moves are another effort to promote television coverage and diminish competitive print.

Interesting developments,obvious based on the fact that the Nfl no longer sees the newspaper as the preferred medium for carrying its product.Our attention span is obviously no more than 45 seconds.

Worrying developments