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MEDIA POLICIES<br />
PREGAME COACHES INTERVIEWS: Raptors coach Jay<br />
Triano will conduct his pregame <strong>media</strong> availability 75 minutes<br />
prior to game time in Multi-Purpose B across from the Raptors<br />
locker room. Please check with the opposing team PR contact<br />
regarding his/her coach’s availability.<br />
POSTGAME COACHES INTERVIEWS: Raptors coach Jay<br />
Triano will conduct his postgame <strong>media</strong> session in Multi-<br />
Purpose Room B across from the Raptors locker room. The<br />
opposing coach will meet the <strong>media</strong> outside the visiting locker<br />
room located on the event level, north corridor between the<br />
Raptors locker room and the Media Centre.<br />
LIVE SHOTS: Television stations desiring live shots must first<br />
receive permission from the Raptors <strong>media</strong> relations staff. Live<br />
shots are to be staged courtside along either baseline and<br />
must be concluded no later than 30 minutes prior to game<br />
time.<br />
GAME SERVICES: Rogers Media Centre: The <strong>media</strong> work<br />
room at Air Canada Centre is accessible only with a valid<br />
credential. The centre is open at least two hours prior to game<br />
time, throughout the game and after the game. In order to<br />
provide the proper work environment, friends, relatives or<br />
guests of the <strong>media</strong> will not be permitted access to the Rogers<br />
Media Centre.<br />
Pregame meals for working <strong>media</strong> will be served in the Rogers<br />
Media Centre from two hours prior to the game up to tip-off.<br />
The charge is $12 (Cdn) or $10 (U.S.).<br />
The <strong>media</strong> work room is equipped with electrical outlets, and<br />
several telephones (available on a shared basis) from which<br />
collect or credit card calls may be placed.<br />
Telephones: Telephones are placed at the <strong>media</strong> seats<br />
courtside and in the Rogers Media Centre for your convenience<br />
on a shared basis. Media members desiring their own phone<br />
can contact Jason Howarth at (416) 815-5400 ext. 5026 for<br />
assistance.<br />
Injury reports: Reports on players who are injured during a<br />
game will be distributed by the Raptors <strong>media</strong> relations staff.<br />
The locker rooms are closed during games, and players who<br />
are injured and who do not return to the court may not be<br />
interviewed until 10 minutes after the conclusion of the game.<br />
Any interviews with team physicians or the training staff must<br />
be cleared through the <strong>media</strong> relations department.<br />
PRACTICE POLICIES: Media members must enter Air Canada<br />
Centre through Gate 2 located at 40 Bay Street, and report to<br />
the security personnel on duty before proceeding to the Adidas<br />
Practice Court for practice or the main floor for shootaround.<br />
Practices and shootarounds are always subject to last-minute<br />
change and/or cancellation. Members of the <strong>media</strong> are strongly<br />
encouraged to check the Raptors’ <strong>media</strong> information line for<br />
up-to-date information.<br />
TORONTO RAPTORS 2009-10 PRESEASON<br />
Practice: The Raptors practice in the Adidas Practice Court<br />
training facility on the third level at Air Canada Centre. For<br />
<strong>media</strong> access periods, members of the <strong>media</strong> are required to<br />
remain along the west baseline. All visitors to the practice court<br />
are requested to wear rubber-soled shoes. For the 2008-09<br />
season, the final 30 minutes of practices will be open to the<br />
<strong>media</strong>. Players and coaches will be available for interviews<br />
after practice. Media members may conduct interviews on the<br />
court or outside of the training facility.<br />
Shootarounds: The Raptors will use the main floor for morning<br />
day-of-game shootarounds. All team day-of-game<br />
shootarounds are closed to the <strong>media</strong>, except for the last five<br />
minutes. Players will be available at the conclusion of each<br />
shootaround.<br />
RAPTORS ON THE NET: Raptors.<strong>com</strong> offers members of the<br />
<strong>media</strong> and fans the most <strong>com</strong>prehensive Raptors information<br />
on the internet.<br />
<strong>NBA</strong> MEDIA CENTRAL: The <strong>media</strong> is strongly encouraged to<br />
take advantage of the <strong>NBA</strong>’s <strong>media</strong> central site. To register,<br />
log on to www.nba.<strong>com</strong>/<strong>media</strong>central/. The Media Central Web<br />
site on <strong>NBA</strong>.<strong>com</strong> is designed specifically for journalists<br />
covering the <strong>NBA</strong>. It is a password-protected site that contains<br />
information and resources that help the <strong>media</strong> cover the<br />
league. Membership to the site includes free access to Audio<br />
League Pass for live RealAudio action of every game and links<br />
to local newspapers in every <strong>NBA</strong> market. Additionally, in-depth<br />
sections on the “Business of the <strong>NBA</strong>” and “In the Community,”<br />
box scores, team game notes, archives of press releases<br />
sorted by team and by date, <strong>NBA</strong> News archives, week-byweek<br />
team statistics, credential applications and biographies<br />
of referees and league executives are some of the elements<br />
within Media Central. The site is updated continuously to<br />
provide up-to-minute information on the <strong>NBA</strong>.
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