PITTSBURGH -- Back in August, Puck Daddy's Greg Wyshynski had an eye-opening report regarding certain NHL teams and their unwillingness to allow bloggers into their locker room, especially when it comes to games played on the road (their thought process being, if they won't credential bloggers at home, why should they allow them to speak to their players on the road?).
One suggestion that was made included a policy change that would give those teams more control over access to their locker room on the road. Well, in the end, that's kind of what's happened.
Starting this season, "bloggers" will only have access to the home locker room unless they make prior arrangements with the visiting team (and considering some of the positions taken by teams like Edmonton and the New York Rangers, that doesn't sound like it's going to be an easy proposition in some cases). Blogger credentials are clearly labeled with a different color from that of the "mainstream" media (of which websites like FanHouse and Yahoo! Sports appear to be considered).
There's really not much left to be said that hasn't already been said on the subject (Wyshynski's original report is a must-read, and makes plenty of great points). Certain teams are going to be aware of the current trends and the advantages of new media and be willing to work with them, and others ... well, simply won't.
NHL's New Blogger Policy in Place
Sep 22, 2010 – 7:40 PM
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