Blanket ban

"When the Pan American Games start in Brazil in July, thousands of top athletes will run, wrestle and leap, but they will not be able to indulge in one popular daily exercise: blogging.

Neither will their doctors, coaches or massage therapists, in a blanket ban affecting some 7,000 people during two weeks of competition ending July 29 in Rio de Janeiro.

The rule reflects a spreading trend among international sports institutions to impose vigorous controls over the online use of game information and photographs. (...)"

In The New York Times.
Via Engrenagem.