Hopefully those people who are not using images properly can learn and get on the right track. It sounds like they are already on their way there. I think copyright is really important but using something that someone else created and getting paid for it is just wrong unless you explicitly have permission or it was taken from a free source like Pixabay. It sucks not having the latest up to date photos in your post, but people need to learn that Google Images is not one of those free sources.
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I agree and we are taking baby steps for now. Stopping Getty is the priority and then we will look at what is next. Some are coming up with new ways so I am keen to see how this develops. I get loads of twitter and I am sure this is wrong and why I have gone the Formula One route as they employ their own photography teams.
We are dancing in grey areas right now and sport needs photos on that specific event or topic which many free sites will not have. It is a tough one and don't want to cut everyone off at the knees right now.
You can still use a generic photo and talk about the event. For the most part unless you were there the commentary is what is important. I talked about the Lions game the other day and used a photo from a game I went to years ago. I don't think anyone cared that it wasn't current because it is the text that really mattered in that post. I am not trying to argue, I am just saying, turning a blind eye now will make it harder to enforce down the road.
I think I'll go with this, a generic picture is a safe landing to avoid picture plagiarism.
I do agree with you and believe it is something we need to work on.
In your next update, it might be cool to list links to where approve images should be taken. I'm a local man and I prefer my original pictures if what I need doesn't exist in Pixabay.