Athletics Policies
Regular Season Broadcast Guidelines
In accordance with Section 868(c) of the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules, UIL member schools may permit the live video webcast of a regular season football game on a Friday night. Over-the-air television broadcasts of a regular season football game on a Friday night shall not be permitted unless already permitted by Section 868(c) PILOT PROGRAM.
A video broadcast is defined as any live or tape-delayed video footage of a contest in its entirety that can be broadcast over any medium or channel. For these purposes a webcast is any video broadcast streamed over the internet.
Audio-only or radio broadcasts are permitted during the regular season.
Credential approval and accommodation is at the discretion of school administration and the hosting venue. Any negotiations regarding broadcasts are at the discretion of the school district and must be in compliance with UIL rules. All revenues generated belong to the entities involved in the agreement.
All video broadcasts must be in accordance with following:
- School administration for both Home and Visiting teams must come to a mutual agreement to allow live video broadcasts.
- Each team may have one video broadcast per game, with prior approval by school administration.
- If school administration for both teams allow for the live video broadcast of a game, the host venue should make every attempt to accommodate both the Home and Visitor Team production crews. The Home team or host venue may not deny the Visitor team broadcast permissions on the basis of exclusivity agreements with a broadcasting entity.
- Video broadcasts may be on any media platform approved by the school.
- All video broadcasts must adhere to UIL video broadcast guidelines and advertisement restrictions.
