Olympic organizers ease ban on sportscasters
■ Groups that did not pay
for the right to broadcast the
Olympics will be allowed to
film on a limited basis
By Stephen Wilson
The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)
— Olympic organizers eased re
strictions Tuesday on television
access at the Sydney Games, al
lowing a limited number of inter
national broadcasters to film
within the main Homebush site.
Sydney organizing chief
Michael Knight announced a
compromise plan — approved by
the International Olympic Com
mittee — to allay the concerns of
non-rights-holding entities in
cluding CNN, ESPN, Fox, Associ
ated Press Television News and
Reuters Television.
Under previously announced
guidelines, all non-rights-holders
would have been banned from
the entire Sydney Olympic Park
area at Homebush, a public area
that is the site for most of the mar
quee sports.
The rule would have restricted
access to local Australian rights
holders and NBC, which paid
$705 million for exclusive U.S.
rights to the Sept. 15-Oct. 1
games.
The ban led to official protests
by TV companies and the threat
of possible legal action against
Sydney Olympic officials.
Under the new rules, Olympic
officials will issue eight permits
per day to international non
rights-holders and eight to Aus
tralian non-rights-holders.
The permits will be issued on a
rotating basis by the Olympic Co
ordination Authority, a body of
the New South Wales government
that controls the Homebush site.
“This is a victory for common
sense and enables the internation
al news organizations to report
the news events that surround
every Olympic Games in a proper
manner. It is the Olympic ideal
that there should be access for
all,” APTN managing editor
Sandy MacIntyre said.
The IOC has accredited 140
non-right-holders for Sydney,
suggesting the competition will
be fierce for the daily permits.
“We are trying to balance
crowd management and the legit
imate interests of news media,
while protecting our rights hold
ers,” Knight said. “They have
paid a lot of money for the rights
and don’t deserve to be am
bushed.”
Sydney officials have cited
crowd control as a main reason
for their decision to restrict TV ac
cess to the area.
As in previous games, all non
Olympic broadcasters are prohib
ited from filming inside the stadi
ums and arenas. But in the past,
non-rights-holders have not been
banned from filming outside the
venues.
Those non-rights-holders al
lowed access to Homebush will
be subjected to several condi
tions. They will be prohibited
from doing live broadcasts or con
ducting interviews with athletes
outside the venues.
Sir Charles plans dress rehearsal for farewell game
■Charles Barkley will come
out of retirement for the
Houston Rockets’ last game
of the season Wednesday
By Bob Baum
The Associated Press
PHOENIX — In a dress rehears
al for his farewell appearance
Wednesday in Houston, Charles
Barkley said he’d probably be in
uniform Tuesday night when the
Rockets meet the Phoenix Suns.
Barkley didn’t plan to play,
however. He’s saving that for
Houston.
There had been hints that
Barkley might make a cameo ap
pearance against the Suns, a team
he led to the NBA Finals in 1993.
During Houston’s shootaround
Tuesday, he said his knee wasn’t
fit enough to play in consecutive
games.
“I’m probably not going to get
to play tonight,” Barkley said,
“because my knee is only 70 per
cent, and they don’t want me to
take any chances. I’m probably
just going to dress tonight, which
is fine.”
Barkley called an end to his 16
year career after he ruptured a
knee tendon Dec. 8 in Philadel
phia.
But, after rehabilitation, he will
make a final appearance in the
Rockets’ last game Wednesday at
home against Vancouver. He
wants to end his career by walk
ing off the court, not being carried
off.
A brief appearance in Phoenix
seemed fitting. That would make
his last three games against the
three teams that he had played for
— Philadelphia, Phoenix and
Houston.
Barkley has a home in Phoenix,
and he played four seasons with
the Suns when he was in his
prime. His first season with the
Suns, he averaged 25.6 points and
12.2 rebounds as Phoenix
reached the NBA Finals. The
Suns lost to Chicago in six games,
with John Paxson hitting the de
cisive 3-pointer with 3.6 seconds
left on Phoenix’s homecourt. It
was as close as Barkley would get
to a championship ring.
Houston coach Rudy Tom
janovich said it would be taking
too much of a chance for Barkley
to play in Phoenix and Houston.
“Charles doesn’t have to prove
anything,” Tomjanovich said.
“The guy’s one of the greatest
players to ever play the game. We
love what he’s done for us.
“To me what makes sense is to
have one final tribute at home.
Why take the chance of getting
him loose here and then having a
back-to-back situation? That just
doesn’t make sense to me.”
Barkley and the Suns parted
company with bitterness. Barkley
felt he was treated unfairly, and
Suns owner Jerry Colangelo did
n’t like the way Barkley behaved.
“I regret how it ended here,
how they treated me here,”
Barkley said. “I wanted to finish
my career here. It didn’t happen.”
Barkley said that he’s had time
since his injury to reflect on his
career.
“There’s not one person around
here who expected me to accom
plish what I did in 16 years,” he
said. “As cocky as I am, I never
expected it.”
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