Steve DittmoreNDSU’s media restrictions are increasingly commonplace, but are they legal?News broke over the weekend that FCS power North Dakota State would limit media access to athletic events. Citing a need “to protect” its…Aug 2, 2016Aug 2, 2016
Steve DittmoreUnpacking the silliness that is the NFL schedule and Presidential debatesI understand the facts should never get in the way of a good narrative, particularly in a Presidential campaign, but the idea of moving…Aug 1, 2016Aug 1, 2016
Steve DittmoreWriting in @SINow 25 years ago, the late William Oscar Johnson predicted today’s sports media…I love Research Fridays. It is my day to dig into projects and, occasionally, stumble on something unexpected. Such was the case today when…Feb 5, 2016Feb 5, 2016
Steve DittmoreMinnesota Vikings, like many sport organizations, now a media companyRochelle Olson’s piece in yesterday’s Star Tribune provides more fodder for the notion that sports organizations are increasingly in the…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
Steve DittmoreNFL Network’s “Nuditygate” signals time for locker room access policy changesIn the wake of Sunday’s “Nuditygate” (I made that up, but on the heels of Spygate and Deflategate it seems appropriate) on the NFL Network…Oct 22, 2015Oct 22, 2015
Steve DittmoreHas the sideline interview outlived its usefulness, and why don’t we interview baristas?Earlier this week, tennis star Novak Djokovic indicated he would decline an ESPN request for a mid-match interview at the U.S. Open, while…Sep 11, 2015Sep 11, 2015
Steve DittmoreSigning day through AD Twitter graphics h/t @bonniebernstein @chrisyandle @chrisnichols89…With the usual caveat for sample size, a brief tour across Twitter this morning shows many FBS programs using a homogeneous approach to…Feb 4, 2015Feb 4, 2015
Steve DittmoreDueling narratives in higher education media surround new Center at UT AustinEach morning I receive email newsletters from two trade publications in higher education: The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside…Dec 16, 2014Dec 16, 2014
Steve DittmoreNearly 40 years later, FCC finally pulling plug on NFL blackout rule which it previously found “was…It appears the FCC is finally set to the pull the plug on the NFL blackout rule, which prohibits a local team from being televised in its…Sep 9, 2014Sep 9, 2014
Steve DittmoreThe NFL blackout fallacy of “free TV”Today’s story from Brooks Boliek at Politico quotes former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann, who is acting as spokesman for the Protect…Sep 5, 2014Sep 5, 2014