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NFL won't let church show game
Sports Illustrated ^ | 2/1/07 | AP

Posted on 02/01/2007 12:49:16 PM PST by Publius Valerius

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.

NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church's "Super Bowl Bash" on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.

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But the NFL objected to the church's plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.

The church will likely abandon its plans to host a Super Bowl party.

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NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league's long-standing policy is to ban "mass out-of-home viewing" of the Super Bowl. An exception is made for sports bars and other businesses that show televised sports as a part of their everyday operations.

"We have contracts with our (TV) networks to provide free over-the-air television for people at home," Aiello said. "The network economics are based on television ratings and at-home viewing. Out-of-home viewing is not measured by Nielsen."

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"It just frustrates me that most of the places where crowds are going to gather to watch this game are going to be places that are filled with alcohol and other things that are inappropriate for children," Newland said. "We tried to provide an alternative to that and were shut down."

Other Indiana churches said they are deciding whether they should go through with their Super Bowl party plans, given the NFL's stance.

(Excerpt) Read more at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Illinois; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: bigscreentv; copyrightlaws; nannystate; nfl; nofunleague; notforprophets; religion; religiousintolerance; superbowl; three
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To: garyb
I would be interested in chapter & verse of "the law" that limits screen size to 55 inches.

Hezekiah 3:16 -
"When thou gatherest together for a Super Bowl TM party in the Church thou shalt not have a screen larger than 3.104444444442 cubits."

Cordially,

161 posted on 02/02/2007 12:13:08 PM PST by Diamond
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To: Londo Molari
I can't stand to watch it anymore.

Particularly if the NFL is trying to pull this kind of cr@p.

162 posted on 02/02/2007 12:19:18 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
What's a church doing showing the Super Bowl on the Sabbath?

The NFL is going to hell for scheduling most of its games on Sunday.

163 posted on 02/02/2007 12:20:45 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Proud2BeRight
The Chicago Park District wanted to show it at Soldier Field (where daBears play) on Sunday and the NFL said the same thing, "No".

I guess if this sort of thing gets out of hand (massive public viewing of the Super Bowl at single venues), the suits who run the networks can't charge a gizillion dollars for a 30-second commercial. Which is absurd, because if Soldier Field attracted 20,000 spectators to watch a large video of the game, those 20,000 people would all be seeing the same over-priced commericals as they would have had they been watching at home. Except at home, more people would probably be taking a bathroom break during the ads.

I would think that the NFL would be suing Tivo for allowing anyone recording the game to edit-out the commercials.

164 posted on 02/02/2007 12:26:29 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: RobRoy

Well-said.


165 posted on 02/02/2007 12:28:26 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: weegee

To paraphrase Andrew Jackson, "The NFL has made its ruling. Now let it enforce it."


166 posted on 02/02/2007 12:30:11 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Stone Mountain
Way to teach the congregation respect for the law...

As an earlier poster asked, show us the law!

167 posted on 02/02/2007 12:31:06 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: My2Cents
Indy's Baptist Churches might still be a little shy about taking on the big boys...

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a8de52128bb.htm

(Baptist Church seized by the IRS because it refused to deduct withholding and payroll taxes from employees' paychecks... so much for that "Separation" thing.)

168 posted on 02/02/2007 12:32:21 PM PST by Teacher317 (Are you familiar with the writings of Shan Yu?)
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To: L98Fiero
nobody asked "Will this hurt the church" because it is they who broke the law here.

What law?! Some suit from the NFL says there's a "law" that limits public viewing of their games on 55-inch TVs?...Show us the law.

169 posted on 02/02/2007 12:33:50 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: My2Cents
Oh, grow up.
Christians may do things which are not expedient for them to do, but they still remain Christians. Every human creature needs a Savior.

That stated, it is these churches, not as much the NFL, who shouldn't be showing the Superbowl in lieu of a sermon (which seems to be what is being planned).

170 posted on 02/02/2007 12:35:59 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

The earlier poster was correct. The Sabbath was a foreshadowing of the "Sabbath" who was go come -- Jesus Christ. In Christ the believer finds the "Sabbath rest," which is eternal and perpetual, and not confined to one day of the week.


171 posted on 02/02/2007 12:36:12 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Maybe your church's "main event" on Sundays is around 4:30 or 6:00 but ours meets 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon and Wednesday's not Sunday evening.

Perhaps the church that desires to hold a "Sunday School Social" on Sunday evening, dinner, videos and conversation that includes the Super Bowl, no problemo.

172 posted on 02/02/2007 12:37:34 PM PST by zerosix
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To: Publius Valerius

Leaving aside the "iffiness" of a Church doing Superbowl on a Sunday, what we have here is a case of pure, distilled greed. As if the bucketloads of money the NFL is making on the Superbowl event aren't enough already.

I hate professional sports. It's all about the money now, the game has been ruined beyond repair, and you don't even get to see the best sports action as the millionaire-athletes are preoccupied with not taking injuries.


173 posted on 02/02/2007 12:44:18 PM PST by DieHard the Hunter
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To: Publius Valerius
I'll be watching the Puppy Bowl on the Animal Planet instead! Link here!

Your animals will thank you!

174 posted on 02/02/2007 12:45:24 PM PST by MadelineZapeezda (Madeline Albright ZaPeezda, no doubt about it!)
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To: zerosix

Your church worships on Wednesday? That's a new one.


175 posted on 02/02/2007 12:46:21 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
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To: RavenATB
unless they truly think that in doing so the Church is somehow realistically going to deprive the NFL of money.

How can the church deprive the NFL of their money? They've already made their money, having sold the broadcast rights to this game long ago. And what about the hapless sponsors? What if the ratings for this Super Bowl don't justify the network charging a gajillion dollars for 60 seconds of ad time? The sponsors are already committed to paying that.

So, the NFL looks petty for taking this stand. They need to fire their attorneys and their PR department if this is truly a big issue to NFL.

176 posted on 02/02/2007 12:47:59 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: My2Cents

Read on, there is at least one other freeper who agrees that Sunday is the Christian Sabbath--even if what you posted holds, there still is one day set apart from the others in the week (hence the traditional day off on Sunday--and later Saturday). Furthermore, there are at least two additional others who have heard of Sunday being referred to as the Christian Sabbath.


177 posted on 02/02/2007 12:49:41 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
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To: rod1

How about if all of those people who choose to watch the game at their church promise to leave their TVs on at home? I wonder if this would satisfy the bean-counters at the NFL. (It's absurd enough, it probably would satisfy them.)


178 posted on 02/02/2007 12:50:38 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Larry Lucido

I bet that church also allows its member to play cards, and uses a different translation than the King James. Horrors! Where will it end?!


179 posted on 02/02/2007 12:52:16 PM PST by My2Cents ("I support the right-ward most candidate who has a legitimate chance to win." -- W.F. Buckley)
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To: Pablo64

Your earlier post suggested that you worship on Sunday, but don't refer to that day as the Sabbath. A lot of freepers are in the same camp, but there is an alternative view that there still is a Sabbath, and that it has moved from Saturday to Sunday.


180 posted on 02/02/2007 12:52:27 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( WND, NewsMax, Townhall.com, Brietbart.com, and Drudge Report are not valid news sources.)
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