WRITTEN POLICY – Each school (or school district) should have a written policy concerning broadcasting. This will allow broadcasters to know the specifics of broadcasting at your location.
REGULAR SEASON CONTESTS – The broadcast rights are the exclusive property of the home school. Applications to broadcast regular season contests must be directed to the principal of the host school. APPLICATIONS FOR BROADCASTING RIGHTS – The form to be used by all parties to broadcast high school athletic contests should be completed and emailed to the principal of the host school. The host school will then email a signed copy to the broadcasting party who will forward to the visiting team. A broadcaster will not go to an athletic contest for the purpose of broadcasting the contest without first receiving written permission from the host school or tournament director. A broadcaster will limit its working personnel to four people and will accept available facilities.
TOURNAMENT/INVITATIONAL EVENTS – Requests to broadcast tournament/invitational events will be directed to the tournament/invitational event director.
REGION TOURNAMENTS – Broadcast rights of region tournaments, that are not part of the playoffs, are the property of the region. Requests to broadcast region games should be directed to the region coordinator or region tournament director.
UPPER AND LOWER STATE PLAYOFFS – Any contest beyond region play is considered a state play-off.
Requests for television, radio, or internet radio broadcasts, and video stream beyond region play will be directed to the principal of the host school and follow the same procedures outlined in #2 above.
Requests to broadcast all state finals and basketball semifinals should be directed to the Director of Communications and Public Relations at the South Carolina High School League office. Note: No live video streaming is allowed during any state finals with the exception of those that are not broadcast live via the SCHSL broadcast partners.
FEES FOR BROADCASTING RIGHTS – *Football and Basketball are exempt from NFHS Network licensing rights. All contracts concerning regular season contests and any contest beyond region play must be left to the host school and the interested party. State playoff fees can be found on the next page.
