The head coach has the option to allow representatives of Fox Sports into the locker room before the game and during the cooling-off period after the game.

Practices
Each institution has the option of having its practices in the locale of the bowl open or closed to the media. For those institutions choosing the "closed" option, a 15-minute period during a minimum of two practices at the designated practice site must be open to the media. The team may not designate its first practice, nor its final walk-thru. No interviews will be conducted during the open portion of the practices; media will stand on the sidelines and photograph the first 15 minutes of the practice. The 15-minute period will begin at the end of pre-practice stretching and warm-up drills. The head coach and selected student-athletes will be available to the media after practice two days before the game. Each institution has the option to make coaches and student-athletes available in conjunction with other practices, and shall notify the media of any such availability in advance.

News Conferences During Game Week
Each Bowl will conduct news conferences during the week of the game. The Bowl shall propose a schedule of news conferences to the institutions. Once the Bowl and the institution have agreed to the schedule, it shall not be adjusted. The suggested schedule is as follows:

Day 1: Coach upon arrival - news conference at airport, team hotel or other location identified by the Bowl; (Coaches and student-athletes also have the option to participate in brief interviews upon arrival at the airport.)
Day 2: Team A offensive coordinator and selected student-athletes, team B defensive coordinator and selected student-athletes at media hotel. (Suggested times are 8:30 a.m. for Team A and at 9:30 a.m. for Team B)
Day 3: Team A defensive coordinator and selected student-athletes and Team B offensive coordinator and selected student-athletes at media hotel. (Selected times are 8:30 a.m. for Team B and 9:30 a.m. for Team A.)
Day 4: *Media day at stadium or other location chosen by the Bowl-all coaches and student-athletes; (Student-athletes shall wear game jerseys. Suggested times are Home team from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and visiting team from 11 a.m.-noon.)
* The head coach and four student-athletes will each sit on risers on the field. Other student-athletes will sit in the stands. Teams have the option to take a team photo on the field before or after the interviews.
Day 5: Six to eight selected student-athletes available after practice. (Final student-athlete availability.)
Day 6: Head coaches at media hotel. (Suggested times are home team at 8:30 a.m., visiting team at 9 a.m.)
Day 7: Game Day
Day 8: *Head coach of winning team and MVP (if from the same team) at media hotel. (Suggested time is 10-11 a.m.)
* Required at national championship game, optional at other bowls.

News Conferences, Post-Game
Representatives of each team shall participate in a news conference after the game.

Pregame Designation. Before the game, the coach shall designate a minimum of four starters to report to the interview room immediately after the cooling-off period ends. The media coordinator will distribute the names of these individuals to the media before the end of the game. The media coordinator may also require that nondesignated student-athletes join or replace a representatives in the designated group should the athletes' performances merit it.

Cooling-Off Period. A "cooling-off period" has been set aside for a coach to be with the student-athletes in the locker room after each game. The period for the losing team begins when the coach enters the locker room immediately after the game. The period for the winning team begins after conclusion of the trophy presentation.

The period will be 20 minutes for the winning team, 10 minutes for the losing team. A coach may shorten the cooling-off period, but may not extend it. The coach and student-athletes must report to the interview room after the cooling-off period ends.

"Selected Media" Policy. Except for Fox Sports as noted in the "locker rooms" section above, no interviews may take place during the cooling-off period. Should a coach permit one media representative to enter the locker room before the cooling-off period has ended, the locker room will be open to all other media representatives desiring access.

Obligation of Coach. Regardless of any personal regular-season radio or television contracts, the coach is first obligated to the entire media staffing the game and must report to the interview room immediately after the cooling-off period ends. After fulfilling this commitment to the media staffing the game, the coach and student-athletes may participate in other interviews.

The coach may not delay a postgame interview with the covering media to conduct a program for a single newspaper, radio or television reporter unless requested to grant a short interview by Fox Sports or the radio network as noted herein.

Order of Appearance. The losing coach and players shall be scheduled in the interview room before the winning coach and players.

Fox Television and Radio Rightsholders, Post-Game
If requested, the winning coach, losing coach and winning student-athletes shall grant postgame interviews, not to exceed four minutes, to Fox Sports and/or the rightsholding radio networks provided the networks are still providing live coverage from the facility. The media coordinator will be responsible for terminating the four-minute interview period, not the television or radio network.

Fox Sports will have the first choice of individuals to interview, then the rightsholding radio networks.

The networks cannot inordinately delay the coaches' and student-athletes' return to the locker room. If the networks are not prepared to conduct live interviews immediately, it will be necessary for the interviews to be taped. Any interview with the losing coach should be conducted off the field, near the locker room.