Graham Blog: The NIAA Has It Wrong
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 6:02pm
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November 14, 2012 (All day) The NIAA has a problem. They forget that they are running high school sports and not professional organizations. This is to tell them that giving exclusive broadcasting rights of all mediums to Gustin Sports Productions is beyond absurd. This is Nevada, where high school sports are not overwhelmingly huge. This is all about fun here not about money like some seem to think.
Even in most professional sports, not one company has exclusive rights to all broadcast mediums and a team’s broadcasting crew are allowed to broadcast the game. GSP pays the NIAA a price ($2,600 this year, $2,700 in 2013, and $2,800 in 2014) to have exclusive rights of all broadcast mediums to any high school game they show up to. It’s ridiculous.
Some high schools here in Northern Nevada have local radio stations that like to cover their team’s season and just because GSP pays off the NIAA, the team’s broadcasting crew is ousted from broadcasting the game. That is wrong, and GSP needs to get out. Go try college sports, and leave the high school level alone.
Never before have I seen greed take over at the high school level. Just for broadcasting rights of ALL mediums? Are you serious? Give me a break. What a shame. The NIAA needs to think of the local team’s broadcasting crews and the fact that they ARE a part of the team, and the team's fans grow accustom to listening to them. They are with them from the very beginning and should be given a pass to be with them to the end, no matter what. I have a message for the NIAA and GSP: Get over yourself, it is high school sports.
