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]]> By: Keith http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/09/who-own-high-school-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-7005 Keith Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:20:52 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/2009/04/09/who-own-high-school-sports/#comment-7005 It appears the WIAA is over-reaching in order to get what they want. Certainly they should provide guidance for all high schools who are members. But as inexpensive as the technology is now, certainly any tech-savvy high school could stream every athletic contest at their school. This is no different than what a number of NCAA institutions do with their non-revenue sports now. Add into the mix an aggressive high school booster club who wants to make some money for their athletes and there needs to be an entity who protects teen-aged student-athletes from exploitation. There is an element of ESPN providing national coverage for high school sports that makes me REAL NERVOUS! I think any parent should be real nervous. Should the overseeing entity be the state athletic association or each school district? As long as decisions of making a high school contest publicly available is being made by the local school district so that affected parents can have significant input, then the exploitation of those student-athletes for financial gain will be minimized. So the local school district should be the "owner" of their high schools sports. State high school athletic associations should provide guidance. News entities should have the highest ethics in dealing with this issue. If they are making money off of the coverage, then they are effectively exploiting HS student-athletes. Parents in each school district need to have the choice of whether they should always allow, sometimes allow, never allow that coverage. Of course, looking at news organizations behavior in the past 10 years, ethics is not their strong suit. That's why the countersuit by the news organization should be laughed at. They're looking for profit - no other reason. The counter-suit should be thrown out. It appears the WIAA is over-reaching in order to get what they want. Certainly they should provide guidance for all high schools who are members. But as inexpensive as the technology is now, certainly any tech-savvy high school could stream every athletic contest at their school. This is no different than what a number of NCAA institutions do with their non-revenue sports now. Add into the mix an aggressive high school booster club who wants to make some money for their athletes and there needs to be an entity who protects teen-aged student-athletes from exploitation. There is an element of ESPN providing national coverage for high school sports that makes me REAL NERVOUS! I think any parent should be real nervous. Should the overseeing entity be the state athletic association or each school district? As long as decisions of making a high school contest publicly available is being made by the local school district so that affected parents can have significant input, then the exploitation of those student-athletes for financial gain will be minimized. So the local school district should be the “owner” of their high schools sports. State high school athletic associations should provide guidance. News entities should have the highest ethics in dealing with this issue. If they are making money off of the coverage, then they are effectively exploiting HS student-athletes. Parents in each school district need to have the choice of whether they should always allow, sometimes allow, never allow that coverage. Of course, looking at news organizations behavior in the past 10 years, ethics is not their strong suit. That’s why the countersuit by the news organization should be laughed at. They’re looking for profit – no other reason. The counter-suit should be thrown out.

]]> By: Brian Davidson http://www.ncsasports.org/blog/2009/04/09/who-own-high-school-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-7000 Brian Davidson Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:01:22 +0000 http://blog.ncsasports.org/2009/04/09/who-own-high-school-sports/#comment-7000 I believe that the since the sporting events are state funded they in the public domain. If ESPN or any other entity finds a way to monetize the events than they will have to pay state taxes they way any other business would. If you take the WIAA's argument a step further they would control even homemade footage shot by parent trying to help their son or daughter get recruited. That notion would seem absurd to anyone. I believe that the since the sporting events are state funded they in the public domain. If ESPN or any other entity finds a way to monetize the events than they will have to pay state taxes they way any other business would.

If you take the WIAA’s argument a step further they would control even homemade footage shot by parent trying to help their son or daughter get recruited. That notion would seem absurd to anyone.

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