Sports - Another pie to be divided - "Leagues Restrict Access as Fan and Financial Interests Intersect" - NYTimes.com

In a real sense, there is also a sports crisis for newspapers today. Where does a newspaper and its sports prowess fit in a world of restrictions from sports teams and venues, and a world increasingly full of people who do their own reporting for any who care to read, listen or watch? If newspapers put more creativity into seeking a long term solution to these problems, might they be more successful than with first-aid agreements with sports organizaitons that build more on the past than on the futre?