§ 70-27-200 — XXX.

A. Schools shall have the right to broadcast all high school athletic activities in this state in which the school's athletic team is participating. B. If the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association enters into an exclusive broadcast agreement for an athletic activity, such agreement shall not prohibit a local broadcaster or school from broadcasting a school's athletic activity in which the school's athletic team is participating. C. The provisions of this section shall apply to contracts involving the right to broadcast that are entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this act. D. For purposes of this section: 1. "Athletic activity" means any high school athletic pre- season, regular season, or playoff game; 2. "Broadcast" means the live or recorded audio or video transmission over airwaves, streaming, or other transmission of an athletic activity, play-by-play, or other account of such activity via radio, television, Internet, or other technologies; 3. "Exclusive broadcast agreement" means an agreement entered into between the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association and an organization to broadcast the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association's athletic activities under which such organization retains sole rights to broadcast such activities or first right to broadcast such activities; 4. "Local broadcaster" means an organization, located in Oklahoma, that provides local broadcast services for any activity of a local school. Local broadcaster includes school-sponsored organizations that produce student-organized broadcasts such as educational courses or programs offered by the school; and 5. "Organization" means an individual, public or private corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, or any other legal or commercial entity.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2025, c. 59, § 1, eff. July 1, 2025.