Just when you think we have come a long way with the acceptance of the Web as a communication tool, a significantly large governing body shows how out of date they are.

The NCAA, this month, has decided for very little reason, that bloggers with media credentials are posting too often at games (read the story). The rules are fairly liberal, but the fact that the rule is IN place befuddles me.

With the advent of easy-to-create blogs and posting tools like Twitter, media has embraced the “instant” culture the internet provides and users demand. Prior to this technology, television and radio were relied on to catch games. Prior to that, daily newspapers were the only chance for you to know what happened in the world of sports.

With downfalls in television broadcasting to serve an on-demand and nomadic culture, the only form of following a sporting event has moved online. With the limitation set forth by the NCAA, now that medium is slowed. Why?

My message to the NCAA is this: If you don’t want to support immediate forms of communication, turn these same regulations on television and radio broadcasters. Picture heading down to your local bar to catch the big football game with your buddies. Thanks to the NCAA, you sit and watch a black screen for all but four minutes per quarter. Sounds awesome.

Or you’re on a long car trip and want to pass the time by catching the bowling match (yep, even bowling blogs are regulated by the NCAA) between your alma mater and their biggest rival. But wait, you only get ten 30-second clips of the 2-hour match.

If there was only a standard media precedent already established…hmmm. Wait, there is. My friend Matt recently posted (no regulation on him) about a reporter covering a murder trial (yes, something as insignificant as a murder trial, compared to a college fencing match) via Twitter. One day of trial included 23 posts from this reporter.

If the US court system can allow media coverage via instant technology, why is the NCAA controlling this?