Inside LSU Football with Nick Saban
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M E D I A Media Guidelines Sidelines MEDIA INFORMATION Credentials Credentials for LSU home games are LSU follows NCAA and SEC rules The 2001 LSU Football Media Guide is issued for working media only and should regarding media representatives on the side- a source of information for the news media. be requested as early as possible due to lines. Additional information is available upon severe space limitations and demands. • Photographers are not permitted to shoot request from the LSU Sports Information • All members of the media must request between the 25 yard lines and must wear Office. News releases,photographs, video credentials in writing through sports infor- armbands at all times. and audio tape cassettes will be made mation director Michael Bonnette. • Armbands must be worn on the arm -- not available to accredited members of the news on the leg or camera. media upon request. • Requests are honored from sports editors • No credentials will be issued to freelance The LSU Sports Information Office is of daily newspapers and sports directors of photographers, cutline writers,equipment located on the fifth floor of the LSU Athletic television and radio stations. Requests from carriers or radio station representatives, Administration Building in the west parking individuals not employed by a media outlet except for the two teams' broadcast originat- will not be considered. lot of Tiger Stadium. ing networks. • Requests from radio stations must come • Armbands will not be mailed or otherwise MAILING ADDRESS: from the sports director of that radio station issued prior to gameday. Armbands must be LSU Sports Information and may be filled with a ticket in the stands picked up at the press elevator no earlier than P.O. Box 25095 of Tiger Stadium due to space restrictions in two hours before kickoff. Baton Rouge,LA 70894-5095 the LSU press box. • Only one armband will be issued per per- Phone: (225) 578-8226 son at the press gate and identification will • The official website of LSU athletics and be requested. OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS: the official website of the visiting school will • Due to space restrictions, those media LSU Sports Information,Room 501 be credentialed.Also, the official online wearing armbands will not have access to the LSU Athletic Administration Building service of the national over-the-air or cable press box at any time without other proper No. Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. television network which owns broadcast credential. A box lunch will be served at Baton Rouge,LA 70894 rights to the game requested will receive ground level for photographers. credentials. Other websites will not be cre- • No one under 18 years of age will be issued Entrance dentialed unless they meet specifications an armband for sideline access. outlined below: • Photographers should contact Steve Franz, The entrance to the Tiger Stadium Press 1. Must be a legal corporate entity which LSU Coordinator of Photography, for further Box is through the press elevator, located has been in business at least one full calen- information at (225) 578-4193. between Gates 4 and 5 on the west side of dar year and has provided coverage of LSU the stadium. The elevator will be in opera- or the visiting team for at least one year. tion two hours prior to kickoff. Media Will 2. Must provide daily coverage of ALL ath- Press Box Services Call is located at the entrance to the elevator letic teams of LSU or the visiting team with Complete individual and team statistics, and will be open two hours prior to kickoff. its own staff of reporters,photographers and running play-by-play, postgame coaches' equipment. quotes and game facts will be distributed to Level I - Photo Deck 3. Must travel to and cover all football away members of the working media. Radio/Television games and all major post-season events. • Press kits are provided 30 minutes prior to 4. Must provide coverage of all press confer- kickoff, or earlier upon request. Press kits This level offers space for network televi- ences of ALL athletic teams at LSU or the include program, flip card, updated statistics sion and both coaches' film crews. This level visiting team. for each team,conference statistics and 5. also accommodates booths for both home Must be accredited by home university as gameday notes. and visiting radio crews, as well as network working media. • A pregame meal will be served beginning television,public address and scoreboard 90 minutes before kickoff. Soft drinks will be operations and LSU and visiting coaches' Note: Websites that sponsor message available throughout the game. booths. Only those with appropriate passes boards,message centers or chat rooms will be allowed on this level. where people are allowed to post anony- Due to lack of space on the photo deck, mous information will not be issued creden- Parking no video cameras will be allowed on the tials. If a medium has an online site and Media parking is located in lots nearby photo deck other than the originating net- they sponsor these anonymous forums,they Tiger Stadium. Because of limited space, may continue to request credentials under work camera,home and visitor coaches' requests for parking should be made with its traditional medium (newspaper, maga- video and scoreboard video camera. credential requests. It should not be assumed zine, radio, television),but will not be grant- that parking passes will be provided with all ed additional passes for online staff. Level II - Working Press media credentials. This level is reserved for print media and • Spouses,dates, non-workers and anyone statistical operations. Fax service is available. under 18 years of age are not permitted in Pro Scouts Several pay phones (with no removable jacks) the working press area. Due to severe space limitations, scouts of and several phones with removable jacks are professional football teams are not issued available on a first-come,first-served basis. press credentials. Tickets will be made avail- able to pro scouts at regular price. Requests for tickets should be made well in advance of the game to guarantee availability and should be requested through LSU Sports 324 2 0 0 1 L S U F O O T B A L L M E D I A G U I D E 5 31 0 1 5 32 0 2 5 33 0 3 5 34 0 4 5 5 H O N O R S Southeastern Conference teleconference with the other 11 league coaches each Wednesday MEDIA SERVICES at 10:07 a.m. Central. Contact LSU Sports SEC Teleconference Information or the SEC Office for the com- Each of the 12 SEC coaches will be featured plete times,dates and phone number of the on a weekly teleconference each Wednesday conference. during the regular season. Contact LSU or • Coach Saban will conduct a weekly news- the SEC Office for times and phone number. conference each Monday during the season (except open date weeks). He will meet with LSU Satellite Feed all members of the media at 11:30 a.m.in the Video highlights of LSU football are available Press Conference Room on the fifth floor of via satellite each week during the regular the LSU Athletic Administration Building. season.Contact LSU for dates, times and • Coach Saban will meet with the media coordinates. immediately after practice on Wednesday afternoon and at other times as requested. SEC Satellite Feed SEC video highlights will be available via Practices satellite each week during the season. LSU football practices are open to the Contact LSU or the SEC Office for dates, media on Monday and Tuesday from the times and coordinates. beginning of practice until team or group work begins. Media members should request Press Luncheon to have their name placed on a practice pass Nick Saban's weekly press luncheon is held list for admission to practices. Media mem- each Monday throughout the regular season bers are asked to remain at least three yards (except prior to open dates).The luncheon off the sideline at all times. will begin at 11:30 a.m. and coach Saban will Information administrative secretary Pat address the media at approximately 11:50 Fredericks at (225) 578-8226. Players a.m. in the Press Conference Room of the All player interviews must be coordinat- LSU Athletic Administration Building. Satellite Trucks ed through the LSU Sports Information Any outlet using a satellite truck must Office at least one day in advance. LSUsports.net request satellite truck access and must have a • Phone interviews should be requested The media and general public can access truck in place at least five hours prior to kick- through associate SID Fred Demarest. The information pertaining to all of LSU's 20 off (example: 2 p.m. for a 7 p.m. kickoff). The player will return the call at an agreed-upon varsity sports at www.LSUsports.net, which area immediately adjacent to Tiger Stadium time from the LSU Sports Information Office. is the home page of LSU Athletics. Media where satellite trucks are parked becomes • Players are available through Wednesday of and fans can access everything from the very congested with pedestrian traffic in the game week. No player interviews will be current media guide to updated statistics and hours prior to kickoff. Any satellite truck conducted after Wednesday. game notes at this website, which is updated arriving less than five hours prior to kickoff •Team locker rooms are off limits to media everyday all year long. may be denied access to the stadium. representatives at all times. Requests for parking area for satellite trucks TeamLink, Inc. must be made by noon Wednesday prior to Postgame LSU has a free media service to obtain infor- Saturday games and must be approved by mation called TeamLink.The media can LSU abides by Southeastern Conference SID Michael Bonnette.