Comments on: Does free speech cover NCAA championship reporting? http://news.runtowin.com/2007/06/11/does-free-speech-cover-ncaa-championship-reporting.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:44:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jank http://news.runtowin.com/2007/06/11/does-free-speech-cover-ncaa-championship-reporting.html/comment-page-1#comment-37286 jank Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:57:42 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2007/06/11/does-free-speech-cover-ncaa-championship-reporting.html#comment-37286 I suppose the question comes down to the interpretation of the First Amendment, and if freedom of the press or speech is trumped by the terms of the contract entered into when the blogger buys a ticket or accepts a press pass. With the NCAA it gets even touchier - if one of the teams is a state school, kicking the blogger out could be interpreted as an infringement on political speech - "petitioning the governmnet"... I suppose the question comes down to the interpretation of the First Amendment, and if freedom of the press or speech is trumped by the terms of the contract entered into when the blogger buys a ticket or accepts a press pass.

With the NCAA it gets even touchier -- if one of the teams is a state school, kicking the blogger out could be interpreted as an infringement on political speech -- “petitioning the governmnet”…

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