Shame on the NFL

link: NFL forces Church to cancel viewing of the Big Game

"The NFL is telling Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis that the church's plans to use a wall projector to show the game at a party for church members and guests would violate copyright laws."

Yes, BARS can display the game on a big screen, but churches can't. Yes, a BAR can make money selling food and alcohol to people who come to their establishment to watch the game, but churches can't even ask everyone to chip in five bucks to pay for snacks. Yes, a BAR can capitalize on having all those people in their BAR by promoting future events at said BAR, but a church can't invite people to come to church - or even mention Jesus - during the game.

As a result, you can go to a BAR to watch the game, but you can't go to church and enjoy it with your family.

Now, I think I have been very clear about my opinion regarding football; I don't like it, I don't care about it, if it was wiped off the face of the earth I probably wouldn't even notice.

That said, being so restrictive about who can display a television program on a big screen really ticks me off. Are we still living in America? Now the NFL has spies checking on what we are watching and how big our TV screen is? If I were an NFL fan, which I am not, and my family wanted to enjoy the game on a large screen surrounded by friends, I guess I would have to take them to a BAR.

The NFL is a family supportive organization? I think not. NFL officers, do your mothers know about this? If you were my kids, I'd be embarassed to claim you as my own. When you value the almighty dollar over supporting family togetherness, someone screwed up somewhere.

Oh, and the cowards have no direct email address. The only email contact I can find is for tech support for their website and to arrange to give them buckets of money to host some sort of sports party for you and your friends. Family friendly...right.

I did find their snail mail address:

National Football League

280 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10017

It is too late to help the Fall Creek Baptist Church with a letter-writing campaign, but maybe a few impassioned letters would encourage the NFL to rethink their policy before the game next year.

Get this: You can't use the word "Superbo**" in anything. It's copyrighted and they'll come after you. Welcome to America, land of the obsessively posessive and home of the litigious.

Shame on you, NFL.