NCAA Blogging Policy

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) serves as a voluntary governing body for colleges and universities to register their sports teams. The NCAA creates policies and guide lines that teams and coaches and reporters must abide by. One policy that must be followed is the NCAA Blogging Policy.

The NCAA blogging policy states that anyone, who chooses to blog on a NCAA event must follow certain regulations. When blogging on a NCAA sport, the writer must include the ncaasports.com URL in the blog and if it is a media writer, they must place the NCAA logo on their website. In each blog, the game conditions (score, time remaining on the clock, etc.) at the time of the post must be posted in the blog. The following amount of blogs are allowed during each sport. These amounts apply to both male and female sports, when applicable.

Fall Sports
Soccer: Five times per half; one at halftime
Field Hockey: Five times per half; one at halftime
Volleyball: Three per Competition; one in between Competitions
Football: Three per quarter; one at halftime
Cross Country: Ten per day/session
Men’s Water Polo: Three per quarter; one at the halftime
Winter Sports
Ice Hockey: Three per period – one in between (includes overtime)
Basketball: Five times per half; one at halftime; two times per overtime period
Wrestling: Ten per session
Indoor Track and Field: Ten per day/session
Swimming and Diving: Ten per day/session
Bowling: Ten per day/session
Gymnastics: Ten per session

Spring Sports
Baseball and Softball: one every inning (includes extra innings)
Women’s Water Polo: Three per quarter – one at halftime
Lacrosse: Three per quarter; one at halftime
Outdoor Track and Field: Ten per day/session
Golf: Ten per day/session
Tennis: Ten per day/session
Rowing: Ten per day/session
Fencing: Ten per day/session
Skiing: Ten per day/session
Rifle:Ten per day/session

Any media affiliate who blogs on an NCAA event is prohibited from releasing any information, concerning the event, to any other form of media without written consent from the NCAA. The blogger must understand that when following the NCAA blogging policy, he or she is releasing the NCAA, and essentially anyone else involved with the NCAA event, from all forms of liability that could potentially arise from the posted blog. The NCAA and their championship affiliates hold the power to decide whether a blogger is abiding the NCAA blogging policy or not.