Photo feud at state events

To me, this is a matter of consumer choice as much as it's a free speech issue. Shouldn't the readers who would like to purchase photos of state events be able to choose from a wide selection of skilled photographers and various photos? If the IHSA gets its way, the only choice consumers will have is to purchase photos from the IHSA. No doubt, I'm sure many of these pictures are high quality, but what is the chance that, at an event like state swimming where there hundreds of kids competing, the IHSA photographer who is designated to take sprawling photographs of everything will get a picture of your kid? The local paper that has an interest in covering specific schools will likely get art of someone that could be overlooked by an IHSA photographer.

After reading the IHSA's press release, I'm not sure how this bill will prevent them from broadcasting state tournament football games. It seems to me that all this bill will do is prevent the IHSA from exercising complete control over how information of their events are distributed. It doesn't seem like this bill would prevent the IHSA from continuing to sale photos, broadcast games and hawk merchandise. The IHSA would just prefer not to compete with anyone in the process and that's why they're against HB 4582. There's money to be made on both sides of this issue, but there's a lot more money to be made for the IHSA and there's a lot less choice for everyone else.

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