Indiana High School Athletic Association

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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MEDIA ADVISORY February 24, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

2003 BOYS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS CREDENTIAL REQUEST

Outlets that have not made a credentials request for the 2003 IHSAA Boys Basketball State Finals are advised to do so immediately by filling out the attached form and sending it, with company letterhead cover page, via fax to 317-575-4244. Requests received by 12:00 Noon, Monday, March 17, will be mailed if requested. If a representative from your outlet is going to be at the state finals press conference on Monday, March 24, please note that on your request and those credentials will be held for pick up while at the meeting. Otherwise, credentials will be held at Media Will Call on the Delaware Street side of Conseco Fieldhouse and available one hour prior to game time. Credentials request deadline is 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, March 25, 2003.

If the application for credentials depends on having a team from the outlet's coverage area in the state finals, please indicate on the form.

Radio stations which plan to originate broadcasts should make their request through Mark Higdon at Associated Sports Productions, 225 S. East Street, Indianapolis, 46202. The phone number is 317-633-1462. The fax number is 317-633-1461.

Please note the 2002-03 IHSAA State Finals Media Pass, issued earlier this school year, will NOT BE ACCEPTED for the girls’ basketball state finals.

Credentials should be requested for working personnel only and children are strictly forbidden in the press area. Abuse of these privileges will result in the immediate revocation of the credential and the possible denial of credentials to future IHSAA events to the media outlet. Your cooperation is appreciated.

2003 IHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL

STATE FINALS CREDENTIAL REQUEST

Please return via fax with company letterhead cover sheet to Jerry Baker, IHSAA, 317-575-4244

Or mail to 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260

Name of Contact

Name & Address of Company

Contact/Phone number

Media seats requested (limit 2)

names:

Photographer credential requested

name:

Please mail the credentials

(deadline March 17)

Will pick up credentials at Monday (3/24) news conference

Hold the credentials for pick up at Media Will Call, Delaware Street, Conseco Fieldhouse

Credential request predicated upon participation by team(s) from our area

(please list)

2003 IHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS CREDENTIALS POLICY

March 29, 2003

Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

Credential requests for the 2003 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals must be received at the IHSAA office by 12:00 Noon (EST) on March 25, 2003 to be considered within the priority list described below. Requests which meet a March 17, 2003 deadline and are granted will be mailed unless the outlet prefers a Media Will Call pickup at Conseco Fieldhouse or will be on hand at the Monday meeting before the State Finals on the following Saturday. Requests, except for live radio, should be made to the attention of Jerry Baker, IHSAA Sports Information Director. Requests must be on company letterhead and sent by mail or FAX. E-mail requests will not be considered. As outlined in the 2002-03 IHSAA Winter Bulletin, requests for live radio broadcasts should be made to Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 225 S. East Street, Indianapolis, 46202. Phone (317) 633-1462. FAX (317) 633-1461.

The following order of priority will be in affect for credentials to the event:

SEATS FOR WORKING MEDIA

1. Newspapers (daily and weekly) and radio stations from a marketing area representing one of the eight competing

schools, along with the IHSAA Networks, the Associated Press and the metropolitan Indianapolis radio stations and newspapers. Among radio stations, those requesting broadcast rights for all four games will receive first consideration. Radio stations originating a broadcast will receive a maximum of two working spaces.

2. Television stations from the Indianapolis market and others representing a marketing area of a competing school who

are covering the tournament on a spot news basis. Stations will be granted a maximum of one working seat and two production passes.

3. Other Sunday newspapers, which will be granted a maximum of two seats.

4. Other daily newspapers with no Sunday edition, which will be granted one seat.

5. Other weekly newspapers, which will be granted one seat as space allows.

6. Working space for out-of-state publications and broadcast outlets will be granted on an individual basis as space

allows. Outlets covering Indiana schools on a regular basis have priority (example: Louisville Courier-Journal).

7. Working space for monthly and other specialty publications will be granted on an individual basis as space allows.

8. Working space for non-originating radio stations will be granted as space allows and limited to one seat.

9. Working space seats for student radio stations will be limited to those representing a competing school, with a

maximum of two seats.

10. Working space for websites will be on a space available basis only.

11. Working space for student publications will not be available.

12. Working space for recruiting publications will not be available.

PHOTO PASSES

1. Priority will be given to the Associated Press, Indianapolis Star, and newspapers representing marketing areas from a participating school. A maximum of two passes will be granted.

2. Photo passes for daily newspapers that do not have a participating school from their marketing area will be limited to one.

3. There will be no photo passes for weekly newspapers except from those representing a marketing area of a participating school.

4. As mentioned above, television stations covering the events on a spot news basis will be granted a maximum of two non-seated production passes. Stations from an area without a competing school will be granted credentials on a space-available basis.

5. Photographers representing a student publication from one of the competing schools will receive a maximum of one photo pass per school to be used only when their school is playing its game in the finals.

6. Video photographers representing one of the competing schools will receive a maximum of one photo pass per school to be used only when their school is playing its game in the finals.