NCAA abuses its "power"

Here's an interesting - and potentially dangerous - story.

A sports writer from the Louisville Courier-Journal was removed from the pressbox for blogging during Louisville's Super Regional game against Oklahoma State.

Brian Bennett blogged from the game, providing instant analysis, opinion and facts while there with an official credential as a working member of the media.

Everybody knows that newspapers have struggled to compete with the Internet and other various forms of 24/7 news. Blogging from games is just one avenue reporters must do to maintain readers and compete in this new technological age.

Who is the NCAA to ban a blogger - from an accredited newspaper - from a pressbox?

This isn't about copyrights or broadcasting rights, it's about the NCAA attempting to rule with an iron fist over an area where it does not have authority.

I hope the Courier-Journal's attorney does follow up on this and take the matter to the courts, if need be.

The NCAA has far greater power in its minds than in reality.