Nick Piccone
Last week, the NFL enacted a new social media policy that prohibits teams from shooting video inside the stadium during the game, taking video highlights and GIFs and posting them on social media.
According to two league memos obtained by ESPN, teams no longer can shoot video inside the stadium during the game and post it on social media, nor can they use Facebook Live, Periscope or any other app to stream anything live within the stadium.
Teams also can’t take highlights of what happens on the field and make it their own by using their own video or posting highlights from television directly to social media. Teams also can’t turn highlights into animated GIFs.
We like to refer to it as the Dictatorship Football League. Because why the hell would the NFL want their teams to expand their audience and have the league become even more popular?
After Malcolm Jenkins’ beautiful pick six yesterday, the Eagles tweeted this out:
EXCLUSIVE highlight of Malcolm's pick. #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/AiP7FYe3Nf
— Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) October 16, 2016
Beautiful, man.
*Whispers* That’s why you should follow us.