The Ohio High School Athletic Association

2008 OHSAA
State Wrestling Media Approved  Credentials for Students

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The following information was prepared to assist you with your coverage of the upcoming OHSAA state winter sports tournaments. Please contact Bob Goldring at the OHSAA (e-mail: bgoldring@ohsaa.org; phone: 614-267-2502, ext. 116; fax: 614-267-1677) should you have further questions.

WRESTLING
POLICIES:
1.) The person who photographs for the school, whether it be for the school newspaper, yearbook or other, MUST BE A STUDENT. No adults will be provided a temporary photo credential.

2.) The student photographer must purchase a ticket for the state tournament.

3.) A letter must be faxed to the OHSAA Office from the Athletic Administrator no later than 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, indicating the name of the student photographer that is interested in photographing the wrestler(s) from your school. Send the letter to the attention of Brenda Murray, Coordinator of Web Site and Publications. The OHSAA fax number is 614-267-1677. NOTE A.: If a letter is not received at the OHSAA Office before that deadline, the student photographer must still purchase a ticket and must attend the tournaments with a letter in hand signed by the Athletic Administrator. NOTE B.: A list of those schools approved for a temporary photo credential will be posted on the OHSAA web site (www.ohsaa.org) no later than 4:00 Wednesday, February 23. In the left-hand column of the home page, click on “Media/News Releases,” and you will be able to find the list in that section.

4.) Before a wrestler he or she is covering is about to wrestle, the student photographer must report to Value City Arena’s Fred Taylor Room, which is located on the Entry Level just off of the Northeast Rotunda.

5.) If a letter from the athletic administrator is on file or brought in person, the student will be issued a TEMPORARY PHOTO CREDENTIAL that can be used to admit the student photographer matside to photograph the wrestler he or she is covering only. The student will be required to sign in, will be given additional instructions and will be told to return the temporary photo credential to the Fred Taylor Room when they are finished shooting the wrestler(s) from your school.

6.) Because of space limitations, each school will be permitted to request a maximum of  one (1) TEMPORARY PHOTO CREDENTIAL for a student photographer. There shall be no exceptions.

7.) No tripods or spotlights for cameras are permitted.

8.) Violators of these policies are subject to a minimum penalty of removal from the arena for the remainder of the tournaments. The passing of these credentials to another person is strictly prohibited.

Please note that other fans will be permitted to take photos or videotape from their seats (no tripods, no monopods, no blocking of aisles, etc.), and they may shoot individual matches (no permanent standing) from Entry Level sections 105 and 121. Also, following the official awards ceremony, all place winners will be taken to the Auxiliary Gym in the Schottenstein Center where fans may photograph the place winners on an awards stand. In addition, 20-20 Photographic, the official photographer of the OHSAA, will be taking awards stand and action photographs. Orders can be placed at www.20-20photo.com or by calling 1-888-420-2074.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!