New SEC Media Guidelines Take On Everyone

((HT: Tuscaloosa News/Morton))The policy, distributed to member schools Thursday and obtained by The Tuscaloosa News on Friday, also places restrictions on TV broadcasts, limiting news stations to clips of no longer than three minutes and allowing highlights for only 72 hours after the conclusion of a game.Charles Bloom, associate commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, said the intent of the new restrictions is to protect an agreement between the SEC and XOS Technologies, which last month was announced as the host of the SEC Digital Network.Certain exceptions will be granted to the schools themselves as well as those who have paid for specific rights, such as ESPN and CBS, which together have paid the SEC more than $3 billion to broadcast games for the next 15 years.But these new rules will affect local news outlets across the region ((some pictured, thanks Dusty Compton/Tuscaloosa News)), some of which have been following SEC athletics for decades.“I’m disappointed,” said Ga...