Groucho: “That’s in every contract, that’s what you call a sanity clause.”Chico: “You can’t a fool a me there ain’t no sanity clause”— Groucho/Chico Marx in A Night at the Opera (movie) The Southeastern Conferencde issued a revised Media Credental Policy on Thursday that comes a lot closer to being acceptable. Writing on the Associated…

The Associated Press and Gannett say their reporters will not sign the new Southeastern Conference Media Credential Policy. “The credential restrictions would be untenable,” said Mark Silverman, editor of the Tennessean, which covers the SEC’s University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. “They fail to recognize that we are not just a newspaper. We use a…

Several media-related groups have signed a joint letter protesting the Southeastern Conference’s new  Media Credential Policy. From the letter: We understand that media coverage of sports is changing. New media and channels for disseminating information, including ownership of distribution channels by leagues or teams themselves, require adjustments to the league/team/media partnerships that have existed for…