Media Hospitality
The media will be served with a hospitality room at the Hotel Roanoke (Mill Mountain Room). The room will be open on Thursday, Dec. 18 from Noon to 5 p.m. and 8p.m. - 11p.m. Hours on Friday, Dec. 19 are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 8p.m. to 11p.m. The room will be stocked with beverages and food for any invited members of the press. Media game credential is required for admission. We encourage all out of town media to use this room if they have questions, need something or just want a refreshment.

Press Parking
A limited number of press parking spaces will be available to members of the media. Parking is located adjacent to the stadium and within walking distance of the Civic Center. Passes will be distributed during the credential pickup at the Hotel Roanoke. PARKING PASSES MUST BE REQUESTED IN ADVANCE.

Game Week Conference Call
The NCAA has coordinated a coaches conference call on Monday morning, December 15. The call will take place at 10:00am (EST) with both coaches featured. Both coaches will be required to participate on an NCAA game management. Additional arrangements (number, access code) for the call can be obtained from each school's SID, J.J. Nekoloff (540-387-9073) with the ODAC, or Mark Bedics at the NCAA (317-917-6541) once that information becomes available.

Credential Pickup
All working credentials must be claimed in person in the press headquarters (Hotel Roanoke) on Thursday or Friday or at the West Gate press will call window at Salem Stadium the morning of the game. The window will open at 9:00 a.m. Credentials will be assigned to the individual using them or their company, and identification will be required. Photography credentials must be picked up by the photographer or a specified representative of that organization (sports editor, etc.). PHOTO ARMBANDS FOR SIDELINE PHOTOGRAPHY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE WILLCALL WINDOW AT THE STADIUM ON GAMEDAY OR AT THE PRESS HOTEL.  The credential allows the media representative an assigned seat in the press box and access to the sidelines, dressing rooms and the interview room from late in the fourth quarter on. Everyone who receives working press credentials, except photographers, has been assigned a reserved seat in the press box or a designated press area.  Photographers who are issued sideline photo passes are restricted to the field.

Practice Interview Policies
Interviews of both coaches and teams will be held on Thursday and Friday. Practice on Thursday is closed to the media. Coaches and players will be available for a short time prior to a closed practice session on Thursday. Additional information on the availability of both coaches and players on Thursday should be secured with each team's Sports Information Director no later than Wednesday morning (Dec. 17) prior to their departure for Salem.  Friday’s interview sessions will be held at the open practice sessions. In the event of inclement weather, interviews will be held at the indoor practice facilities secured by the City of Salem.

Post-game Interview Policy
Postgame Interviews will be conducted in the Salem Stadium Maintenance Building located behind the locker rooms. All coaches and students will be available for interviews.

Following the championship game, selected student-athletes may be required to register for drug testing. Student-athletes cannot delay drug testing registration except to grant an interview to ESPN which has purchased rights to the contest; the interview will last no more than four minutes. After the registration procedure, each student-athlete will be available for interviews for up to ONE HOUR before the time he is scheduled to report to the drug-testing facility. No interviews may take place with the student-athletes during the 10-minute cooling-off period or during registration for drug testing.

The championship game media coordinator or his designee shall escort the sports information director, the coach and a minimum of two players to the interview area after the 10-minute cooling off period.

All dressing rooms shall be open to the media after a 10-minute cooling-off period. This period begins when the coach enters the dressing room immediately after the game. The coach must proceed directly to the dressing room after the game unless requested to remain for an interview which will last no more than four minutes by ESPN. THE DRESSING ROOM SHALL BE OPEN TO THE MEDIA FOR UP TO ONE HOUR AFTER THE 10 MINUTE COOLING-OFF PERIOD HAS EXPIRED.

The coach shall designate a minimum of two players to report to the interview area immediately after the dressing room is opened to the media. The media coordinator also may ask the coach to include additional student-athletes to join the group in the interview room if their performance during the contest merits their presence.

THE POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE FORMAT SPECIFIES THAT THE LOSING COACH AND PLAYERS BE SCHEDULED IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM BEFORE THE WINNING COACH AND PLAYERS. The interviews with the losing coach and players generally will not exceed a maximum of 15 minutes.

Regardless of any personal regular-season radio and/or television contracts, the coach is first obligated to the entire press staffing the championship game and must report to the interview room immediately after the 10-minute cooling-off period expires. The coach cannot delay a post-game interview with the covering press to conduct a program for a single newspaper, radio station or television reporter except for an interview which will last no more than four minutes by ESPN. After fulfilling this commitment to the press staffing the championship game, the coach may participate in a special interview.

Coaches shall not become available to any media representatives prior to the 10-minute cooling-off period. However, they may immediately report to the interview room and make themselves available to all media covering the championship game. If a coach permits a single media representative to enter the dressing room before the cooling-off period expires, the dressing room will be opened immediately to all media desiring access to the area.

Photography Policies
Photographers working on the sidelines are restricted to behind the "limit lines" that surround the playing field. No photographers are permitted in the "team areas," which are located between the 25-yard lines. NO MEDIA PERSONNEL OR THEIR EQUIPMENT SHALL BE IN THE TEAM AREA, AND NO MEDIA PERSONNEL MAY COMMUNICATE IN ANY WAY WITH PERSONS IN THE TEAM AREA.

A photographer approved to work on the sidelines shall obtain a photo credential for the championship game from the media coordinator. All other photographers are restricted to upper level photo areas.

A photo transmission area will be set up in Press Box A on the field house end of the stadium. Photographers should contact Stagg Bowl media coordinator Brad Bankston by phone at (540) 389-7373 or in person at the Hotel Roanoke or the Roanoke Times photo department, 981-3382, about photo assistance from the local daily.

Press Services
Fax services will be available throughout the game and in the press box following the game. A media representative will be available to take your requests for fax transmission towards the end of the third quarter. Quotes from the winning and losing coaches will be included in the final stats book, which will be distributed in the press box following the interview session. An adequate number of pool phone lines will be installed for the media’s use. Any other requests should be directed to media coordinator J.J. Nekoloff.

High Speed internet access (wireless and hard wired) will be available for the media's use. Additional information on the system will be available in the press box.

Telephones
An adequate number of pool phones will be available in the press box during and following the game. Numbers for these phones can be found on the phone handset.

Television Restrictions
Exclusive television rights for the NCAA Division III Football Championship game have been purchased by ESPN2. No television station, network or cable system other than ESPN2 shall air live action or a description of the game while the game is in progress.