Posted on 12/04/2013 4:32:02 PM PST by raptor22
Politics Of Sport: While ads featuring violent movies and video games regularly appear on NFL broadcasts, pro football has banned an ad supporting the Second Amendment. The NFL is within its rights, since Item 5 in its prohibited list of Super Bowl ad categories includes "Firearms, ammunition or other weapons; however, stores that sell firearms and ammunitions (e.g., outdoor stores and camping stores) will be permitted, provided they sell other products and the ads do not mention firearms, ammunition or other weapons."
But the ad submitted twice by Daniel Defense does not sell firearms or one of the company's popular DDM4 rifles. Daniel Defense has a brick-and-mortar store, where it sells products other than firearms.
In fact, the ad does not sell anything. It's a visual paraphrase of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees the right of individuals to keep and bear arms to protect their country, themselves, their property and their families.
The ad doesn't even mention firearms, but shows a father picking up the Sunday newspaper as a football game plays on the radio.
He goes inside the house, hugs his wife and looks in on his baby as his voiceover speaks of his responsibility to protect them and the house they live in.
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I hope it does die, I’m disgusted with all of it.
To allow Bob the freakin moron Costas to yammer about gun control, you lost me.
To have barrycare commercials pumped into the Super Bowl and NOT allow this benign 2nd Amendment ad, well FU NFL, you belly crawling weak freaks. Damn this really really really angers me!
with the increasing amount of violent felons in the nfl this surprises me not if anyone shouldnt have guns it is the n f l...
surely you jest......the NFL isn't even sick, and to intentionally pass up a Packer game borders on blasphemy!!!!
if you rush to confession right away, you may be forgiven.....don't count on it because Jesus Himself kind of favors the Packers....not that He would underhandedly aid them...
I tell you, I much more enjoyed watching Everton defeat Manchester United, and watching Luis Suarez score 4 incredible goals today, than anything I’ve seen from the NFL this year.
hockey is a sport???? I went to a boxing match once and a hockey game broke out!!!
there is absolutely no entertainment value in hockey....first of all you can never see the puck....much too fast for T.V., secondly, if someone doesn't like something, he hits someone else.....when they throw the ruffians out of the "sport" for their attacks on each other, maybe sane people will watch it rather than just Canadians.
"What's the difference between a 3-week old puppy and a sportswriter? In six weeks the puppy will stop whining."
Mike Ditka
"I always tell people I want to live to be 150 and they say why would you want to do that. I say, well there's a few people I haven't made mad yet, I want to get them."
Mike Ditka
"We have a strange and wonderful relationship—he's strange and I'm wonderful."
Mike Ditka
He was a shining star here in Chicagoland, we still adore him!
Love the quotes :)
how about UN-superbowl sunday?
until the ad is allowed, no product advertiser gets a dime and
turn off your tv, satelite reciever, tivo, dvr etc. physically turn it off. It will hurt their ratings.
do SOMETHING else non-tv oriented.
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