Unfortunately, our fellow FReepers attempt to politicize everything about N'Orlans.
So what if Spike Lee was in the booth? Big deal.
It was a great night for the city and the fans. I loved the U2/Green Day cover of "The Saints Are Coming".
You seem to be about the sanest person on this thread.
Anyone that did not expect the f'ball game to be secondary to what the NFL pitched in $55Mil to fix up, thereby kicking in their share to repair a huge revenue/jobs producer for that city, pegs pretty high on the naive scale.
What I heard last night was a city saying "We're Back". It reminded me of what we heard from NYC after 9/11. I thought any political stuff was played down, and I appreciated the savvy to not PO over half of a potential market from even Spike Lee.
This city knows that it needs to re-establish its revenue base to rebuild and they let the country know last night that NO will have things to see and places to visit for tourists.
None of the info - mercial aspects of the MNF broadcast bothered me at all.