Media
Thank you for your interest in covering Kansas State athletics. The K-State Athletics Communications office is pleased to assist in your coverage of the Wildcats. Please feel free to contact any member of our staff with questions, requests or concerns. We look forward to working with you throughout the season.
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COVERING K-STATE |
Working Credentials
The Kansas State Athletics Communications office should receive all online credential applications no later than five days prior to the game. All media outlets interested in covering Kansas State football games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium during the season MUST submit their credential request online via K-State's credential application website. The K-State Athletics Communications office will no longer be able to process written request for football credentials received via U.S. Mail, e-mail or fax. Once an online credential application has been submitted, media outlets will receive an e-mail confirming K-State's receipt of the application. Subsequent e-mails will also be sent referencing the status of each outlet's application (i.e. approved/denied).
Mailing of Credentials
Because of inconsistent mail delivery service on tight deadlines, media passes may not be mailed in some instances. If this is the case, passes may be picked up at the Will Call window located on the West Side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium beginning two hours prior to kickoff. Individuals picking up credentials will be required to furnish positive identification. All credentials are non-transferable and are issued based on Kansas State's credential policy.
Credentials Restrictions
Admission to the press level is for working media only. Only those media with official K-State credentials will be admitted. Friends, spouses, children and non-workers are not welcome in the press area.
Photographers
Only accredited photographers on assignment from recognized media outlets will be issued sideline credentials. In accordance with NCAA rules, no freelance photographers will be admitted to the sidelines or press box photo deck. All photographers must have a photo vest (obtained in the press box on gameday) and a media pass to shoot inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. NCAA rules limit shooting to outside the restraining line enclosing the playing field and outside the 25-yard lines (the team areas). Children under 16-years-old are not permitted on the sideline.
Media Parking
All parking requests must be submitted online through K-State's credential application website and should be applied for when requesting credentials. Press parking is limited and will be provided upon request on a first-come, first-served basis as available. Contact the Kansas State Athletics Communications office regarding details and directions to press parking areas.
Road Credentials
Obtaining media credential for K-State road games is the sole responsibility of each media outlet. All credentials for K-State road games are granted at the discretion of the host institution.
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GAMEDAY INFO |
Dev Nelson Press Level
The Dev Nelson Press Level is located on the sixth floor of the West Stadium Center and includes 1) SID/Communications offices 2) Working Press Level (print media, home and visiting radio networks, television networks, home and visiting coaches' booths, opposing athletics director booth); and 3) Photo Deck (includes additional radio spots, coaches' video, media overflow).
Press Box Services
Packets including statistics, pregame notes, flipcards and programs will be available for media in the press box prior to the game. Quarter, halftime and final statistics, a running play-by-play and postgame quotes from coaches and players of both teams also will be provided. Final statistics, notes and quotes will be made available to the media following the game and are posted on the K-State Athletics web site shortly after the conclusion of each contest.
Postgame Policy
Kansas State's locker room is closed. Media in the press box will be asked to submit a list of player requests to interim sports information director Kenny Lannou at the start of the fourth quarter. Head coach Chris Klieman and requested players will be available in a designated interview area on the second floor of the Vanier Sports Complex following a brief cooling off period.
Those interested in recording Coach Klieman's postgame comments should connect their recorders to the distribution amplifier (mult box) provided. Output from the device is microphone level, terminated in 1/8Ó two-conductor plugs and jacks, or three-pin standard microphone male connectors.
The visiting SID will lead media to the visitor's interview area, located outside the visitor's locker room.
Postgame Highlights
The Kansas State Athletics Communications office produces broadcast-quality files of highlights for use in newscasts following all non-televised home games. Please contact the K-State Athletics Communications office for FTP access instructions and information.
Internet Access
The Dev Nelson Press Level is equipped with high-speed wireless Internet. Media wishing to file stories electronically as well as photographers may access the network with a wireless internet card. A limited number of Ethernet lines are also available for photographers in need of high-speed access to the Internet. Please contact a member of the K-State Athletics Communications office for instructions relating to use of the lines in the photo work room.
Telephones
A limited number of charge-per-call telephones are located on press row, and four phones near the Sports Information workroom will be available for filing after the game on a first-come, first-served basis.
All media wishing to have phone lines installed in the press box will be responsible for making their own arrangements.
Phones may be ordered through KSU Telecommunications at (785) 532-7001. Please provide the following address to telephone service personnel when requesting phone line installation: Bill Snyder Family Stadium Press Box, 1700 Kimball Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502. The Bill Snyder Family Stadium press box phone number is (785) 539-3423.
Media Meals
A pregame meal is served on the Press Level (6th Floor) 90 minutes prior to each game.
Credential Allocation
Credentials and working space for media members are issued at the sole and exclusive discretion of the Kansas State Athletics Communications Office based on the following priorities and guidelines:
- Originating radio and television personnel involved in a live broadcast.
- Daily newspapers regularly covering Kansas State University, the current-game opponent or another Big 12 school. Wire services, regional and national publications are also afforded this priority.
- Non-originating radio and television personnel producing reports on the game. Only local radio stations with a full-time sports director conducting a regular sports show receive consideration.
- Officially recognized Kansas State University student publications or electronic media outlets.
- Non-daily newspapers reporting on the game.
Credential Policies
- With the exception of beat writers covering Kansas State daily, all passes are issued on a game-by-game basis with consideration of available working space.
- Passes are non-transferable and are subject to immediate revocation if transferred to non-working members of a media outlet.
- Kansas State University and the NCAA prohibit the issuance of credentials to representatives of organizations that regularly publish gambling information, such as “tout” or “tip” sheets.
- Web sites that sponsor “message boards” or “chat rooms” where people are allowed to post anonymous information or rumors are ineligible for credentials or access to media functions.
- If a news-gathering medium has an online site that sponsors anonymous forums, it may continue to request credentials under its traditional medium (newspaper, magazine, radio or television), but will not be granted additional passes or access for online staff.
- Kansas State University reserves the right to deny media credentials to any individual whose web site is not affiliated with a recognized news-gathering organization.
- All persons picking up credentials will be required to furnish positive identification. All credentials are non-transferable.
- Spouses, dates, non-workers and anyone under 16 years of age are not permitted in the working press area.
- Restrictions have been made on the usage of internet video of K-State Athletic events. Highlights of game action and/or press conferences from K-State events are limited to and cannot excede three (3) minutes in length per event.
- Each outlet requesting credentials will be permitted a MAXIMUM of TWO “on-field” passes which can be designated for still photography or video use. These two passes MUST be utilized in a working fashion and each user must check out a PHOTO VEST from the press level (which must be worn on the field at all times).
