Tennessee bans Knoxville reporter

[SF_Express]

Paper formally protests ban:

http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/9726362

 

[joe]

Now, if they don't send anyone to the game, this "protest" will have some teeth. Otherwise, a late -- very late -- attempt to save face within the industry.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I would stand and cheer if the News-Sentinel didn't send a single reporter to the Alabama game...

That's not happening though...

 

[MileHigh]

I still say get the reporter a credential through the Alabama SID office.

 

[awriter]

I still say get the reporter a credential through the Alabama SID office.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't Alabama have to submit its list to Tennessee, which would then deny the credential anyway?

 

[85bears]

I would stand and cheer if the News-Sentinel didn't send a single reporter to the Alabama game...

That's not happening though...

The problem with that course of action is that you'd be punishing your readers for your own squabble, and they'd see it that way, too.

 

[Cosmo]

Actually, it does...

It is the mission of the college SIDs to make sure that the athletes almost never see a reporter as anything other than someone who holds a notebook and a recorder who hurls questions at them.

If you grant one-on-ones, you risk the player developing a friendship or mutual respect with the reporter where it could lead to said player telling the reporter things that the school doesn't want out there...

Great post, Mizzou. In a way, it's much easier dealing with small schools in this way because they want the coverage so much that they'll grant access that you can't get at a BCS-level institution.