[ifinnegan]

Lousy journalism school writing makes the story almost incoherent.

[ifinnegan]

Question to all here.

Why would the NFL not want the tape?

And why would they not want anyone to see it?

Any ideas?

[Adder]

So after 50 years the NFL still has rights in this case???

[Mr. K]

Copyright laws are only good for 25 years, right?

Tell them to go pound sand... I want to see it

[Kartographer]

These tapes won’t last forever they need to be preserved and why would the NFL not want them is beyond me.

It can’t be a matter of money if nothing else you would think Green Bay and Kansas City would want them enough to buy them.

[wally_bert]

I know where a couple of working quad VTRS are at and am sure I could set up.

The biggest problem with old videotape is that it deteriorates, even in perfect climate control.

If it were me, I would have found an outfit with a quad machine and scraper and bumped a copy off to some modern formats.

Ive had a few disintegrate on me during playback.

[The Free Engineer]

I think as far as he selling the tapes, the NFL does not have a leg to stand on.

If he (or anyone he sold it to) started selling duplicates or showing the tapes commercially, the NFL (and CBS and NBC) may have a case.

[catfish1957]

might never be seen on any network. The N.F.L. does not want to buy the tapes and has warned Haupt not to sell them to outside parties or else the league will pursue legal action.

Arrogant Pukes....

[TexasCajun]

Not sure how this thing would have worked?

Quadruplex videotape

[catfish1957]

NFL ping

[Mozilla]

https://youtu.be/UckVgXhQKQo

[Southack]

http://www.amazon.com/NFL-Super-Bowl-Collection-I-XLVI/dp/B008WAM36E

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Bowl-I-X-DVD-2003-5-Disc-Set-/182007291729?hash=item2a607adf51:m:mIdaWNFMT3F7-QqFWD2-Gtg

[subterfuge]

If he has the only copy, why was the game re-broadcast last week?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

But the league does not seem to agree with him that the tapes are a significant enough part of its legacy that it should pay him what he wants. It countered his initial request for $1 million with a $30,000 offer. It never raised its price and is not interested anymore in paying anything at all.

The NFL under Goodell makes money from everything - they televise the NFL workout combine, they've turned the first round of the draft into a prime-time TV event, they dilute the game with worthless Thursday night affairs between the likes of Cleveland and Jacksonville on their own NFL network so they don't have to split ad revenue with a real network.

And they can't come up with $1 million for the only recording of the first Super Bowl. Pretty pathetic - that's been a word that comes to mind with great frequency under Roger Goodell and the current crop of owners.

[JimRed]

So, instead of a win-win deal, the NFL is bound and determined that the person who preserved the tape will not profit from it? Great public relations move, NFL!

[hadaclueonce]

Jerry Jones thinks there might be an extra dime for his bottom line.

Jerry will not be denied.