Comments on: Church Super Bowl Party Cancelled…by the NFL http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/02/church-super-bowl-party-cancelledby-the-nfl/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mark Sommer http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/02/church-super-bowl-party-cancelledby-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-166552 Mark Sommer Sun, 04 Feb 2007 20:12:01 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/02/church-super-bowl-party-cancelledby-the-nfl/#comment-166552 Sports Bars DO NOT have to pay anything to the NFL. The Super Bowl is a public broadcast and people should have the right to view it wherever they want. Church Super Bowl Parties have been a tradition for many years now, and everyone knows about it. Why is the NFL making trouble now? Church Super Bowls have contributed positively to the popularity of the annual event, so they create a positive monetary advantage to the NFL, not a negative one. Legally, this means the NFL has no leg to stand on because in order to sue, they must prove that these parties cause the NFL to loose money. Sports Bars DO NOT have to pay anything to the NFL. The Super Bowl is a public broadcast and people should have the right to view it wherever they want. Church Super Bowl Parties have been a tradition for many years now, and everyone knows about it. Why is the NFL making trouble now? Church Super Bowls have contributed positively to the popularity of the annual event, so they create a positive monetary advantage to the NFL, not a negative one. Legally, this means the NFL has no leg to stand on because in order to sue, they must prove that these parties cause the NFL to loose money.

]]> By: James Joyner http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/02/church-super-bowl-party-cancelledby-the-nfl/comment-page-1/#comment-163660 James Joyner Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:15:19 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/02/church-super-bowl-party-cancelledby-the-nfl/#comment-163660 I'm pretty sure sports bars have to pay a licensing fee to the League. Strange on the 55 inch limit, though, as many of us have screens larger than that in our homes these days. I always though there had to be a commercial activity for that to matter. I’m pretty sure sports bars have to pay a licensing fee to the League.

Strange on the 55 inch limit, though, as many of us have screens larger than that in our homes these days. I always though there had to be a commercial activity for that to matter.

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