Credential requests for the 2012 McDonald’s All American Games will be approved or denied no later than two weeks from the form submission date. Credentials will be available to pick up beginning Saturday, March 24, at the Marriot Hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Ill. Media credentials will allow access to the Boys and Girls Games, daily open practices, the Ronald McDonald House® visit, POWERADE® Jam Fest and other select Game week activities.
POWERADE Jam Fest
Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Time: TBD
Location: University of Chicago
McDonald’s All American® High School Basketball Games
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Time: Girls Game - 6:00 p.m. CT / Boys Game – 8:30 p.m. CT
Location: United Center in Chicago
Both venues will offer media rooms and internet access. If you need special assistance, please contact one of our team members.
The McDonald’s All American Games policy for credentialing is as follows:
Due to limited seating, not all media applying for credentials will receive one.
The organizers of the McDonald's All American Games will only provide credentials - pending space and availability - to qualifying established news publications and websites that are staffed by full-time employees. Sites housing message boards and chat rooms that permit anonymous postings about high school athletics or that provide information about the potential recruitment of student-athletes may be deemed ineligible for credentials; this will be defined as any organization that is recognized as an outlet intended primarily for the purpose of publishing news regarding recruitment of student-athletes. Sites that are in any way affiliated with gambling will not be granted credentials. Sites that are not affiliated with a legitimate newsgathering organization will not be granted credentials. No media outlet will be permitted more than two press-row passes and one photographer pass. Some media may end up in overflow seating during the Games and the organizers of the McDonald's All American Games reserve the right to deny media access for any reason. The filming or photographing of closed scrimmages and practices will result in the loss of credentials with no exceptions. Complete photography and video guidelines will be available on-site.
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