TO RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR CREDENTIALS TO COVER GEORGIA TECH ATHLETICS EVENTS, A MEDIA OUTLET MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
CREDENTIALS TO GEORGIA TECH ATHLETICS EVENTS WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO THE FOLLOWING:
The communications office reserves the right to refuse credential requests from any entity whose coverage or conduct is deemed to be unprofessional or not in the best interest of Georgia Tech Athletics.
Apply for 2024 SINGLE-GAME credentials for football games at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field
Apply for 2024-25 SINGLE-GAME credentials for men’s basketball games at McCamish Pavilion
PROFESSIONAL SCOUTS:
Due to space considerations at Georgia Tech’s athletics venues, policies for professional scouts vary by sport.
NFL: Credentials are offered to NFL scouts for Georgia Tech football games as space allows. Please make requests through the credential request portal link above.
NBA: NBA scouts must purchase tickets for Georgia Tech basketball games. Seating is in the lower bowl of McCamish Pavilion. To purchase tickets, please contact Shekia Smith (ssmith@athletics.gatech.edu).
MLB: A limited number of complimentary tickets are available to MLB scouts for Georgia Tech baseball games. To request tickets, please email Georgia Tech director of baseball operations Tyler Gibson at tgibson@athletics.gatech.edu.
A working credential (“Credential”) issued by Georgia Tech Athletics constitutes a revocable license and is issued as a courtesy to an accredited agency (the “Agency”) for the sole purpose of providing stadium or venue access to an individual representative of the Agency (the “Representative”) who has a legitimate working function in connection with the event for which this credential is issued (the “Event”). It is non-transferable. No spouses, dates or children, except those working, will be allowed in the working press area or on the field. Photographers and videographers must comply with venue photography rules. Any unauthorized use of this Credential or violation of its terms subjects the Representative to revocation of this license and removal and ejection from the Event stadium or venue(s) and revocation of the Credential.
Credentials will be issued to working personnel only. Any unauthorized use of this credential subjects the bearer to ejection from the facility and prosecution for criminal trespass. Bearer is subject to security screening at all gates. Acceptance of this credential constitutes agreement by the bearer to abide by foregoing conditions. All NCAA and ACC rules and regulations apply to holders of this credential.
This credential is NON-TRANSFERABLE and identification must be presented upon request. Georgia Tech Athletic Association reserves the right to revoke credentials at any time.
The Credential authorizes the use by the Agency of any descriptions, accounts, photographs, films, audio or video recordings, or drawings of the Event solely for news and editorial coverage of the Event in accordance with the News Access Guidelines established by the Atlantic Coast Conference and its television/digital rights licensees. Any other use or attempted use of any coverage of the Event by the Representative or the Agency is expressly prohibited, unless the Agency has obtained the prior specific written permission of the Atlantic Coast Conference for such other use. Any secondary or commercial use of any picture, audio description, film/tape or drawing of the game taken or made by the accredited organization or individual to whom this Credential has been issued (including, but not limited to use in delayed editorial, advertising, sales promotion or merchandising) is prohibited without prior specific written approval of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Representative or Agency shall not use more than two (2) minutes of video highlights from the Event, regardless of the origination of said highlights, and such usage shall be limited to a regularly scheduled television newscast aired by the Agency within a 48-hour period following the conclusion of the Event. No in-progress highlights of an Event may be distributed or displayed. Newscasts containing highlights from the Event may be simulcast in real time (i.e. live) on the station’s website, but no newscasts containing highlights from the Event may be shown on a delayed basis on such website, on an on demand basis or archived on such website or be made available on any basis to any third-party website or by streaming to any wireless device or service. The newscast in which such highlights are shown must be a news program in which the sports content is comprised of multiple sports. No more than four (4) minutes, in the aggregate, of highlights from all events being telecast by ESPN/ABC may be used in any single thirty (30) minute program and no more than six (6) minutes of such material may be used in any single sixty (60) minute program. No sublicensing of usage rights to any other entity is permitted. Accredited Agencies are prohibited from utilizing any video highlights captured at an athletic contest on any digital media distribution platform including, without limitation, the internet, wireless handsets, mobile applications, podcasts, etc. without prior written license from the Atlantic Coast Conference or its designee except for the real-time simulcasts specifically set forth in the preceding paragraph.
In consideration for the Holder of this Credential being allowed to enter the Event venue under the terms and conditions hereof, the Holder of this Credential hereby assumes all risks and waives, relinquishes, discharges and releases the Atlantic Coast Conference, its member institutions, and the respective trustees, directors, officers, employees and other persons acting on behalf of the foregoing (collectively, the “ACC Parties”) from any and all liability–including without limitation personal injury–which the Holder may sustain while present in the Event venue or on the grounds thereof and further covenants not to sue any of the ACC Parties on account of any and all liability–including without limitation for personal injury.
No media personnel, including journalists, radio and television personnel, or their equipment, shall be in the team area or coaching box, and no media personnel shall communicate in any way with persons in the team area or coaching box. Each photographer shall wear a visible credential issued by the communications and public relations director. Photographers working on the field level or courtside may not obstruct the view of a ticket purchaser. In the interest of the safety of the participants, photographers may use monopods, but tripods are not allowed on the sidelines or courtside.
The institution or its designee may at any time revoke a credential and/or any of the rights granted hereunder for any reason in its sole discretion. Thank you for your cooperation.
