Indoor NCAAs: Any TV, video, internet webcasting coverage ?

It was broadcast live on ESPN360 last year. Not sure if anything similar is in the works this weekend.

CSTV will be showing the D2 championships

What about D3 I mean i know they never are but does anyone know who has the rights to them? Or will flocasts be able to cover them?

The NCAA has broadcast rights to all Championship meets.

We (Trackshark.com) learned the hard way as they sent us a letter to take down some of our regional videos last year.

They also asked Flotrack to take down their NCAA DII Outdoor Champs videos.

I know Wejo touched on this before, but if they allowed everyone to record and post the meet videos, then the value of the meet would not be so by the advertisers/channels who purchase to broadcast the meets. You can argue all day about this, but that's the reality.

you can post volunteer videos or copies of internet programs on offshore, or non-U.S. servers since they have no jurisdiction over other countries. that's how our sport is becoming more popular. we'll get beyond this unfair lockout some way or another. i don't see how they can claim the internet is theirs when us U.S. taxpayers paid for it.

Offshore wrote:i don't see how they can claim the internet is theirs when us U.S. taxpayers paid for it.

It's not about who owns the internet.

It's who owns the rights to the meet. You could have vidoes of this meet on a server in Antarctica and the NCAA would still hold the rights and ask them to be taken down.

We all know the NCAA loses money on all sports except FB and B-Ball, and that the NCAA makes network TV show track as part of the contracts they have for March Madness and the BCS series. You can tell TV doesn't want anything to do with us, by the continuous crappy coverage. So the NCAA should release those money losing sports to the thousands of citizen journalists to cover. You can't replace the enthusiasm that hobbyists and volunteers have for sports. I mean just look at letsrun.com and all of the other sites for so many sports that are neglected. If it wasn't for all of the volunteers we would still be in the dark ages waiting a month for T&FN.

The NCAA has no jurisdiction over websites outside of the United States. Feel free to post whatever videos you wish to. We'll get this ball rolling some how so we can get publicity.

Offshore wrote:The NCAA has no jurisdiction over websites outside of the United States. Feel free to post whatever videos you wish to. We'll get this ball rolling some how so we can get publicity.

I'm not here to argue with you, I'm just trying to let you know reality. The reality is no one is capable of doing this. Not even you, because it takes too much money and resources to even try to accomplish this sort of venture.

Why would someone want to go through all these legal loopholes just to post videos from the NCAA track & field Championships?

I can see gambling (already done)...but track & field videos from someone with their $500 video camera at the meet which they most likely will not be able to get into in the first place?

Why would the NCAA try to restrict citizen journalism from sports it loses money on ? They are "dinosaurs" that's why. Let the people cover it I say. There's thousands of people who are willing to sign up as citizen journalists and publicize our sports. It's a waste to ignore all of those willing to help us all out.

Offshore wrote:Why would the NCAA try to restrict citizen journalism from sports it loses money on ? They are "dinosaurs" that's why. Let the people cover it I say. There's thousands of people who are willing to sign up as citizen journalists and publicize our sports. It's a waste to ignore all of those willing to help us all out.

I totally agree with you on this point.

I can't tell you just how much red tape there is when trying to cover these meets. Their new rules about blogging at live events is ridiculous.

I keep on trying to look at this from their point of view. I can understand some of the rules, to a point.

The problem is that the NCAA doesn't even do a good job of covering their own Championship meet in the first place. I think that's why people are so upset. You can even say USATF falls into this category of organizations who do a poor job of covering their own meet.

We used to wait three months for TFN to catch up. The newsletters were always much faster. Then the FAX services came along, and blew everyone away. There's always resistance to change, eventually good ideas prevail. USATF/NCAA will have to give in to their constituents. Just look in the stands, all those camcorders, cameras, and PDAs that are instant publicity devices for our sport. It's just too powerful to pass us such free resources.

I just found out the NCAA D1 Indoor Champioship will be streamed live on

http://www.ladybacks.com/liveEvents/liveEvents.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=2300

You might be asked for your name/email, etc. but apparently its free. Thanks.

...not only that, but if you have a satellite dish, the NCAA's given out the coordinates for the satellite:

Friday, March 14, Horizons2, Transponder 02, Slot A, Downlink Freq. 11746.5 (H), 10:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. eastern

Saturday, March 15, Horizons2, Transponder 9, Slot B, Bownlink Freq. 12035.5 (H), 10:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. eastern

This is a great concept!!! Broadcast quality video of the meet, as opposed to the $500 point and shoot cameras that these citizen journalists show up to meets at...

Now all we need are Lewis Johnson, Larry Rawson, and the Walt to show up at the meet, and it's all good.

To quote Terrell Owens, "Get your popcorn out!"

Awesome. Thanks!

It is not free the Internet. They are making you buy a package

It's only a 30 minute VPR each day. It's NOT a broadcast. TV stations might use the footage ? because it's a VPR from the NCAA/AR, many stations will not use it. Most U.S. TV stations have a policy that they use only footage supplied by other journalists. The U.S. TV stations are not Cuba, Israel, China, nor Russia. Also, you have to have a 9 foot Ku-band satellite dish to receive it.