RULES at spring practice coverage....

We're installing new packages on offense, as well as using an offense that's uncommon in general. If you recall, the subject came up last year around this time. As practices shift into full pad/full contact, this will become more of an issue than when they're just running around in helmets and shorts.
 
I have always been somewhat concerned about this. However, given the fact that the GT website has a video of the first practice, I didn't think anybody cared.

Did the coaches really put these rules out? If so, they need to be followed. If not, the folks attending practice should still use common sense and err on the side of caution. If you aren't sure if you should post a picture or report on a play, then don't.
 
Its common sense people. Posting videos of practice without the discretion of the coaches or the AA is prohibited. Watch the practice and have fun. Be happy you are even allowed out there right now.
 
I understand what is being asked but if everything needs to be so hush hush then why are the practices not closed. If I was another team wanting to know what was going on at GT's spring practice I would send someone to watch it in person and not trust just what is posted on a board. JMO
 
KrazieJacket said:
I understand what is being asked but if everything needs to be so hush hush then why are the practices not closed. If I was another team wanting to know what was going on at GT's spring practice I would send someone to watch it in person and not trust just what is posted on a board. JMO
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As far as videos goes, it is more like personal privacy issues than football issues. I'm pretty sure it isn't legal to record someone on video and then display it publicly (such as on an open website) without that persons permission. Nothing tends to happen until that person actually makes a comment/complaint about it, then you have to stop.
 
GTLiebs said:
As far as videos goes, it is more like personal privacy issues than football issues. I'm pretty sure it isn't legal to record someone on video and then display it publicly (such as on an open website) without that persons permission. Nothing tends to happen until that person actually makes a comment/complaint about it, then you have to stop.
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I can understand that part of it... thanks!
 
If this is really a concern, then I don't understand why practices are open. I'm pretty sure U[sic]GA has it in their athletic budget to have someone drive into Atlanta and watch the practices as a "fan" every day and get much more valuable information than anything an actual fan would post onto the internet. Same with pretty much every other school we play.
 
Absolutes are the province of small minds, such as the ones that have run the GTAA for years.

Blogs and photos are free media, which as lawbee points out, might increase the fan base. The GTAA apparently doesn't want fans. For years, they have made ticket purchases difficult, parking difficult, and they discourage publicity. The attitude seems to be "please don't come to our stadium, you'll just make a mess."

They could make rules that would allow bloggers to register and adhere to rules about what can and can't be posted. Instead, the GTAA,once again, bites the hands that feed them.

If someone really wants to take photos of practice for improper reasons, it is not very hard to do so, but they are not smart enough to figure that out. They would rather be the Gestapo to their own fans.
 
jacketup said:
Absolutes are the province of small minds, such as the ones that have run the GTAA for years.

Blogs and photos are free media, which as lawbee points out, might increase the fan base. The GTAA apparently doesn't want fans. For years, they have made ticket purchases difficult, parking difficult, and they discourage publicity. The attitude seems to be "please don't come to our stadium, you'll just make a mess."

They could make rules that would allow bloggers to register and adhere to rules about what can and can't be posted. Instead, the GTAA,once again, bites the hands that feed them.

If someone really wants to take photos of practice for improper reasons, it is not very hard to do so, but they are not smart enough to figure that out. They would rather be the Gestapo to their own fans.
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Shut the F@#$ up and grow a set!
 
MacDaddy2 said:
Shut the F@#$ up and grow a set!
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Your definition of "growing a set" is doing what you are told without question? I'd say that your set was cut out a long time ago.

Obscenities are also the province of small minds, or at least, vocabularies.

Hmmm, no 'nads and a small, weak mind...

You're a UGA fan!!
 
Posting video of our practices is beyond stupid.

I love my school but we have some seriously retarded fans.
 
So now there's a "no pictures" rule and a "no formations" rule and a "no telling which personnel lined up in which positions" rule.

That pretty well nukes everything I want to read about in a practice report. Guess I gotta go down and see one myself.
 
jacketup said:
Your definition of "growing a set" is doing what you are told without question? I'd say that your set was cut out a long time ago.

Obscenities are also the province of small minds, or at least, vocabularies.

Hmmm, no 'nads and a small, weak mind...

You're a UGA fan!!
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Sounds like you're the small minded one. Practice hasn't been closed, the staff is simply asking people not to post certain things. If fans can't control themselves, then practices may very well be closed. I'm not sure what the problem with that is. And yes, if you are allowed to attend practice you should do what you're asked. Just as you do what you're asked in someone else's house. I don't know what's so hard to understand about that.

Besides, you actually think blogs of practice will generate more fans? Pretty silly if you ask me. If someone isn't already a fan why the hell would they watch/read a blog about practice?
 
jacketup said:
Absolutes are the province of small minds, such as the ones that have run the GTAA for years.

Blogs and photos are free media, which as lawbee points out, might increase the fan base. The GTAA apparently doesn't want fans. For years, they have made ticket purchases difficult, parking difficult, and they discourage publicity. The attitude seems to be "please don't come to our stadium, you'll just make a mess."

They could make rules that would allow bloggers to register and adhere to rules about what can and can't be posted. Instead, the GTAA,once again, bites the hands that feed them.

If someone really wants to take photos of practice for improper reasons, it is not very hard to do so, but they are not smart enough to figure that out. They would rather be the Gestapo to their own fans.
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You have no idea what you are talking about.
 
demjackets said:
You have no idea what you are talking about.
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Dem, why isn't U[sic]GA and/or other teams we play sending a grad assistant to watch our practices, if they're open and we have things in there that we don't want to get out? We'd have no way of knowing, and I have to imagine that would be far worse than any pictures/videos a fan could post on the internet.
 
GTLiebs said:
As far as videos goes, it is more like personal privacy issues than football issues. I'm pretty sure it isn't legal to record someone on video and then display it publicly (such as on an open website) without that persons permission. Nothing tends to happen until that person actually makes a comment/complaint about it, then you have to stop.
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There are no privacy issues in a public forum. If you don't have a reasonable expectation that you are in a private setting, then you can't rely on any privacy issues. I can promise you, having practices on an open field is not a private setting.
 
gth816f said:
Dem, why isn't U[sic]GA and/or other teams we play sending a grad assistant to watch our practices, if they're open and we have things in there that we don't want to get out? We'd have no way of knowing, and I have to imagine that would be far worse than any pictures/videos a fan could post on the internet.
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Very well could and the coaches know that, its happened before. This is for the fans, our fans want open practice, the coaches do not really like the idea but they are doing it for the fans. They just don't want the fans to abuse the privilege of watching open practice. Practice reports are great and they have no problems with them for the most part, its the video that irked them, they don't want someone to sit there and record practice, common sense.
 
jacketup said:
Absolutes are the province of small minds, such as the ones that have run the GTAA for years.

Blogs and photos are free media, which as lawbee points out, might increase the fan base. The GTAA apparently doesn't want fans. For years, they have made ticket purchases difficult, parking difficult, and they discourage publicity. The attitude seems to be "please don't come to our stadium, you'll just make a mess."

They could make rules that would allow bloggers to register and adhere to rules about what can and can't be posted. Instead, the GTAA,once again, bites the hands that feed them.

If someone really wants to take photos of practice for improper reasons, it is not very hard to do so, but they are not smart enough to figure that out. They would rather be the Gestapo to their own fans.
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I'm always one to question authority, but are you serious? Surely, as a GT fan, your brain is big enough to understand the reasons behind the requests. They are simple and reasonable. If you can't understand, go jump on that blazing bandwagon heading for Hell via Athens.
 
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