11-Player Football Finals
Please click the link below to submit your media application for the 11-Player Football Finals. The deadline to submit is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
8-Player Football Finals
Please click the link below to submit your media application for the 8-Player Football Finals. The deadline to submit is 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
2024-25 MHSAA Tournament Media Pass Application:
The Summer credentialing period for 2024-25 is now closed.
- All media outlets requesting credentials to MHSAA Tournaments must:
- Be a Limited Liability Corporation or bonafide company registered to do business in the state of Michigan.
- Carry its own liability insurance and will hold harmless the MHSAA, tournament venues, and all associated parties for any damages, illness, injuries, or death occurring while covering an MHSAA tournament event.
- Proof of business status and insurance coverage must be provided upon request.
- By submitting a credentials request, the requesting party agrees to all of the MHSAA Terms & Conditions for media credential usage.
- No credential requests are guaranteed.
- Credentials are not issued to schools.
- The MHSAA reserves the right to deny any request for any reason.
- The MHSAA does not issue credentials for freelance writers, freelance or commercial photographers, or recruiting/exposure services.
- Outlets that are only providing game updates on social media will not be issued credentials.
For more information, refer to the MHSAA Multimedia Regulations.
Media Must Fill Out the Following to attend these Finals:
8-Player Football | 11-Player Finals | Individual Wrestling
Girls Basketball | Boys Basketball
For events not listed, your 2024-25 MHSAA Tournament Pass will grant you access. If you do not have one – email Jon Ross at [email protected] to inquire about the application process. Individual/freelance/commercial photographers will not be granted a credential. For Individual Wrestling Finals – school/team photographers or unaffiliated media will not be granted a credential.
Credentialing Information
MHSAA Tournament Media Passes
The MHSAA will issue annually, Tournament Media Passes to those established media outlets which cover high school sports on a daily basis. These passes have come to be generally honored at regular-season contests, even though host sites are under no obligation to do so. Media outlets should call sites at which they wish to cover games in advance to secure access and entrance information - even if they already have an MHSAA-issued credential.
Most passes are issued at the beginning of the school year, but the MHSAA will fill requests on a per request basis throughout the year to accommodate additions to an outlet's staff, except during seasonal tournaments. Media outlets needing individual Finals event passes can use the online form for the respective sport.
MHSAA Credentialing Protocol:
Pre-Finals
Credentialed media outlets should call sites at which they wish to cover games in advance for all District, Regional and Quarterfinal events, and for Semifinals and Finals in events not listed on this page in advance to secure access and entrance information. If you do not have a 2024-25 MHSAA Tournament Media Pass, please email Jon Ross at [email protected]. Individual/freelance/commercial photographers will not be granted a credential.
The MHSAA office does not issue credentials for pre-Finals sites.
MHSAA Credentialing Protocol:
Finals
A Credential Request Form link will be made active as Finals events approach.
In general, you may not apply for Finals credentials until after the Regional round of play is completed for a sport.
The sports editor or sports director must make the original request. Requests by individual staff members will be denied.
Media Must Fill Out the Following to attend these Finals:
8-Player Football | 11-Player Finals | Individual Wrestling
Girls Basketball | Boys Basketball
For events not listed, your 2024-25 MHSAA Tournament Pass will grant you access. If you do not have one – email Jon Ross at [email protected] to inquire about getting one. Individual/freelance/commercial photographers will not be granted a credential. For Individual Wrestling Finals – school/team photographers or unaffiliated media will not be granted a credential.
For Regular-Season Games
Media outlets should call sites at which they wish to cover games in advance to secure access and entrance information.