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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM

Table of Contents: Welcome Letter................................................................................................................. 2 Media Hotel...................................................................................................................... 3 Media Policies................................................................................................................... 4

New Era Pinstripe Bowl Credential Policy................................................................ 4



Press Conferences during Game Week.................................................................... 4



Formal Game Week Press Conference Times........................................................... 4



Entry Gate for Media.............................................................................................. 4



Media Parking........................................................................................................ 4



Media Relations Directors....................................................................................... 5

Practices............................................................................................................................ 5 Pregame Meal................................................................................................................... 6 Postgame Interviews......................................................................................................... 6 Radio................................................................................................................................. 7 Telephones........................................................................................................................ 7 Television.......................................................................................................................... 7 Wireless Internet............................................................................................................... 7 Films/Videotapes/Still Photographs for Commercial Purposes........................................... 7 Video Photography Policies............................................................................................... 7 Print Photography Policies................................................................................................. 9 Internet Policies................................................................................................................ 9 Radio/TV Policies............................................................................................................ 10 Pool Reporter Policy........................................................................................................ 10 Area Parking Map............................................................................................................ 11

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM

Dear Media Representative,

Welcome to New York City and the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl! We are thrilled to have you join us in celebrating the holiday season with a unique bowl experience in New York City and Yankee Stadium – home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees. New Era Pinstripe Bowl Week will feature players, coaches and university staff taking part in a variety of events in the days leading up to the game, showcasing their respective universities to the New York metropolitan area – some of which we would love to have you join us for. Special events, promotions and community outreach will take place throughout New York City to once again create an unforgettable experience for fans, families, players and staff of the two institutions involved. Should you need any assistance during your time here, please do not hesitate to call our Yankee Stadium office at 718-579-4460, or you can reach New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Representatives Kenny Leandry (917-699-8911) or Alexandra Trochanowski (718-579-4517). A bus schedule for media transportation to each of the team’s respective practice sites, as well as other points of interest will be communicated to you in the coming days. Please note that the media hotel is in Manhattan and only a few minutes away from Yankee Stadium via the MTA Subway System. Taxi cabs are also a good option for a quick trip to the Stadium. Thanks once again for joining us and please enjoy your time in the Big Apple!

Warmest Regards, The New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations Department

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM Media Hotel New York Marriott East Side 525 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Telephone: 212-755-4000 Telephone: 800-545-1774 Website: www.onpeak.co/pinstripehotels

E-mail: [email protected] Rates/Blocks The following room block dates and rates have been negotiated and agreed to on the media’s behalf by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Media outlets will be responsible for the cost of accommodations. Please see booking information below to secure your room: • • • •

Thursday, December 26 Friday, December 27 Saturday, December 28 Sunday, December 29

The hotel confirms the following room rates (room rates are quoted exclusive of applicable state and city taxes): • Single Occupancy: $ 239 • Double Occupancy: $ 239 Cut-Off Date • Tuesday, Dec. 10. After Dec. 10, rooms will be based on availability at standard rates. Booking Information To book your hotel room, please visit the website below or call 800-545-1774. Reduced room rates can only be secured through the website. www.onpeak.co/pinstripehotels

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM Media Policies New Era Pinstripe Bowl Credential Policy Requests for all working media credentials should be directed to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations Department online at www.pinstripebowl.com/credentials/media. This is the only acceptable method of applying for credentials. Press Conferences during Game Week The New Era Pinstripe Bowl will conduct press conferences during the week of the game and immediately following the game. The Bowl shall propose a schedule of news conferences to the institutions. No changes can be made to the game-week press conference schedule by either school once a final schedule is set and agreed upon by all parties. This applies to the mandatory attendance of the designated coaches and players as well as the times of the press conferences. The Sports Information Director designated by each participating team will work with the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to assign and to facilitate the postgame news conferences. Formal Game Week Press Conferences - all times to be confirmed. Thursday, December 26 Media Day at Yankee Stadium – 000 Press Room 5:45 – 6:15 p.m. The American– Offensive/Defensive Coordinators, 4-5 select players 6:15 – 6:45 p.m. At-Large Institution – Offensive/Defensive Coordinators, 4-5 select players Friday, December 27 000 Press Room at Yankee Stadium 12:30 p.m. Press Conference with both head coaches Photo Opportunity on field with trophy immediately following (weather permitting) Saturday, December 28 000 Press Room at Yankee Stadium Postgame New Era Pinstripe Bowl runner-up press conference New Era Pinstripe Bowl winner press conference Entry Gate for Media Yankee Stadium Press Gate, adjacent to Gate 4 Media Parking It is recommended that the media park in the Ruppert Plaza Garage for the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The Ruppert Plaza Garage will open five hours prior to kickoff and close three hours following the completion of the game. The cost is $35 per vehicle and should be paid directly to the garage. 4

NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM Media Relations Directors Media relations directors are asked to contact Kenny Leandry at 718-579-4516 or at kleandry@yankees. com in planning pre-event radio/television/print interviews with head football coaches and/or selected players. Interview requests prior to or after practice will be granted at the discretion of each Sports Information Director. The American representative and the at-large institution representative should forward the following information to Kenny Leandry by Monday, Dec. 9: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

50 copies of the 2013 media guide A one-page season overview (no more than 500 words) Up-to-date and most recent football releases Up-to-date and most recent game notes/statistics Up-to-date and most recent rosters and depth chart

Additionally, each institution should provide the following information to Craig Tapper at [email protected] no later than Wednesday, Dec. 11. 1. High-resolution headshots for each player and coach along with their names and positions/titles  2. Recap of each regular-season game played in 2013 (200-300 words each) along with the agate (scoring summary, team statistics, individual statistics) for each game 3. Two to three high-resolution action photos from each regular-season game played in 2013 4. Summary of the team’s football history (800-1,000 words) along with four to five high-resolution photos to accompany the article 5. Profile of the university (800-1,000 words) along with four to five high-resolution photos to accompany the article 6. Final cumulative stats (both team and individual) for the 2013 season * NOTE: all photos should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi

Practices Each institution has the option of having its practices open or closed to the media. For those institutions choosing to “close” practice, a 20-minute period during each practice at the designated practice site must be open to the media. The 20-minute period will begin at the end of pre practice stretching and warmup drills. The team is not required to allow media access for its final walk-through. No interviews will be conducted during the open portion of the practices; media will stand on the sidelines and photograph the first 20 minutes of the practice. It is mandatory for each team to at least provide this 20-minute access during its respective practice on Thursday, December 26.

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM The head coach, coordinators and selected student-athletes will be available to the media the days prior to the game as outlined in the schedule. Each institution has the option to make coordinators and student-athletes available in conjunction with other practices and shall notify the media of any such availability in advance.

Pregame Meal Sheppard’s Place, located in the Yankee Stadium press box, will open to all credentialed media at 9:30 a.m. and serve a buffet-style selection until the end of the first quarter. Cost is $13 per person. From the end of the first quarter to the end of the third quarter, a la carte options will be available for purchase.

Postgame Interviews Head coaches and at least three student-athletes – or as many as are requested to each team’s Sports Information Director – from each team shall be available for formal postgame interviews. Each school’s head coaches’ first obligation is to all media attending the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, regardless of any personal regular-season radio or television contracts, and must report to the press conference room immediately after the cooling-off period. The coach cannot delay the postgame press conference to conduct an interview for a single radio, newspaper or television reporters unless requested by ESPN (not to exceed four minutes). After fulfilling the commitment to the entire media contingent at the New Era Pinstripe Bowl, the coach and players may participate in specially arranged interviews. 1. Cooling-off Period: There will be a 10-minute cooling-off period for the runner-up which will begin immediately after the game ends. Following this, the head coach will appear at the postgame press conference. The scoreboard operator shall start the clock at 20 minutes when the postgame trophy presentation ends. The winning team will be entitled to this 20-minute cooling-off period. After the 20-minute cooling-off period, the winning team’s head coach will appear at the postgame press conference. Additional players will be brought to the Press Conference Room. 2. Locker Rooms: The New Era Pinstripe Bowl urges each school to institute a 30-minute open locker room policy for postgame media access following the cooling-off period, but ultimately leaves the decision up to each institution. Equal access to the locker room will be provided for all reporters, regardless of gender. a. “Selected Media” Policy: Except for the national television rightsholder (ESPN), no interviews may take place during the cooling-off period. If a coach permits one media representative to enter the locker room before the cooling-off period has ended, the locker room will be open to all other media representatives desiring access.

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM 3. Television and Radio Rightsholders: If requested, the winning coach, runner-up coach and winning student-athletes shall grant postgame interviews, not to exceed four minutes, to the rightsholding television and/or the rightsholding radio network, provided the networks are still providing live coverage from the facility. The media coordinator from each team, not the television or radio network, will be responsible for terminating the four-minute interview period. The rightsholding television network will have the first choice of individuals to interview, then the rightsholding radio network. The networks cannot inordinately delay the coaches’ and student-athletes’ return to the locker room. If the networks are not prepared to conduct live interviews immediately, it will be necessary for the interviews to be taped. Any interview with the runner-up coach should be conducted off the field, near the locker room. a. ESPN TV will interview the winning coach on the field immediately following the completion of the game, while ESPN Radio will interview the MVP. The two interviewees will then swap. Radio: Booth space will be reserved automatically for each competing institution’s one official designated radio rightsholder and ESPN Radio, who has the radio rights to the game and will broadcast the game nationally. Telephones: Telephones will be available in Press Box. There will be at least six credit card phones available for use. Television: Exclusive television rights for the 2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl have been negotiated with ESPN. Wireless Internet: Wireless internet access is available in the Press Box, television and radio booths, and media areas located on the 000 Level. Login: Media / Password: media@NYY Please note that wireless Internet is not available on the field. Contact the New Era Pinstripe Bowl media relations staff for further information. Films/Videotapes/Still Photographs for Commercial Purposes: The New Era Pinstripe Bowl reserves all commercial rights to the use of still photographs, films and videotapes of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. All rights to such material may be assigned to media representatives for news purposes but otherwise are to be controlled exclusively by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The sale of photographs or videotape footage of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl by any organization or individual without the written consent of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl is strictly prohibited. Video Photography Policies: 1. A visible credential issued by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations department is required for admission to Yankee Stadium, the Press Conference room, locker room, Press Box, suite level and field. Each person shall adhere to the conditions that are printed on the credential.

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM 2. All photographers – still and video – must secure a photo bib before access will be granted access to the sideline. There will be limited upper-level access for game action footage for photographers only, prearranged through the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations department. Only credentialed camera persons will be allowed on the field during pregame, game time and postgame. Postgame interviews are permitted on the field at the permission of each school’s athletic department only after rightsholders’ requests have been accommodated. 3. All television stations, networks, or cable systems, other than ESPN, must utilize video and audio distribution facilities equipped with BNC connectors provided by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl for postgame press conference coverage. 4. A television station, network or cable system can utilize a maximum of five minutes of game action on a sports news broadcast, using only the footage from ESPN, and must credit ESPN when replaying. Game coverage may be presented only after the game has been completed. A television station, network or cable system cannot provide game footage to any individual or agency. 5. No live reports may be broadcast from the field from one hour before kickoff until ESPN has discontinued its live coverage after the game. Non-live stand-ups will be authorized by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in a designated area in Yankee Stadium for a limited amount of time. A member of the Media Relations Department will coordinate use of this area. No live shots inside Yankee Stadium will be allowed at any time other than the times dictated by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl’s contracted network television rightsholder (ESPN). • Satellite truck parking is available on 161st Street adjacent to Yankee Stadium. There is no connectivity to inside the Stadium from this location. Any network looking to go live from inside the Stadium must utilize the fiber transmission system the Stadium has in place. These services must be reserved in advance by contacting Brett Moldoff at 718-579-4461 or at [email protected] no later than Friday, Dec. 20. A rate card from Global Infrastructure Services is available upon request. 6. All media members permitted on the field must remain in the designated area, between the 20-yard line and the back of the respective end zone. No videotaping will be allowed behind the teams’ benches. 7. No production company, television network, station, or cable system may install editing or transmission facilities at Yankee Stadium (internally or externally) without permission of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. 8. Tripods are NOT PERMITTED on the sidelines. Monopods are permitted on the sidelines during the game. 8

NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM Print Photography Policies: 1. A visible credential issued by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations Department is required for admission to Yankee Stadium, the Press Box, the Press Conference room and the field. Each person shall adhere to the conditions printed on the credential. 2. A photographer approved to work on the field should secure a photo bib. The photo bib is valid ONLY in conjunction with a visible photographer credential. The bib MUST BE WORN TO BE VALID. Those photographers not wearing a bib while on the field will be escorted off the field and have their credential revoked. 3. Photographers working on the field are restricted to the area between the 20-yard line and the back of the end zone. No photography will be allowed behind the teams’ benches. 4. Photography equipment cannot be attached to the goalposts or left unattended. 5. Tripods are NOT PERMITTED on the sidelines at any time. Monopods are permitted on the sidelines during the game. 6. Photography messengers cannot loiter around the playing field or obstruct the view of any seat holder. Those in violation will have their credential revoked and be escorted from Yankee Stadium. 7. Photographers should claim rosters, notes and play-by-play and statistical information from the Photographers Workroom, located on the 000 Level, across from the Field Access Tunnel Internet Policies: 1. The New Era Pinstripe Bowl will grant a media organization a limited license to use certain gathered information on the media organization’s own web site beginning at the start of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and up to the conclusion of the event, subject to the following limitations and conditions: (a) Still photographs must be used on a time-delayed basis that is at least five minutes after the occurrence of the event depicted by the still photograph. (b) It is agreed that video tape is NOT to be used on an Internet or online site, except video tape that is shown as part of a single, non-archived, online “simulcast” of a television station’s regularly-scheduled news program. (c) While the game is in progress, the use of textual statistical information is time-delayed and limited in amount. Updates pertaining to score will only be given in quarterly game updates.

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NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL 2013 YANKEE STADIUM Injuries and national, conference or institutional record-breaking performances will be limited to a condensed half-time story so that an organization’s online game coverage does not undercut the authorized and rights-paying fee organization’s rights to play-by-play accounts of the game and/or exclusivity to such rights. 2. Any proposed media use on a web site of the game information that is more detailed and/or more than described above will require separate written authorization by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl and/or its participating institutions. However, such written authorization will not permit the use of game information in entertainment contexts and will not authorize game coverage that, due to immediacy or detail, constitutes or approaches a play-by-play account of a game. 3. Should any of these conditions be breached during the New Era Pinstripe Bowl game, the media organization holding issued credentials will have them revoked and will be removed from the Yankee Stadium. No non-rightsholder online service will be allowed “real time” transmission of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Game without approval. Radio/TV Policies: 1. No live or tape-delayed broadcast of any portion of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl outside of those regulations covered above is permitted without the prior consent of New Era Pinstripe Bowl. 2. Coverage cannot be in excess of five minutes of highlights, utilizing play-by-play from only the ESPN TV or ESPN Radio broadcast (ESPN TV or ESPN Radio must be credited), and may not purport to be live, play-by-play coverage from the event. 3. All highlights must be part of a regularly scheduled news and/or sports program. Pool Reporter Policy: Upon request from the media for a rules interpretation, a pool reporter will be selected by the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Media Relations Department for the purpose of obtaining that interpretation from the chief of the officiating crew. After a 10-minute cooling-off period, the media director or his designee will accompany the pool reporter to the official’s dressing room. The officials may not be interviewed concerning judgment calls. It is up to the official as to his/her participation in the interview.

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Area Parking Map

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