JayStream » big game http://jaystream.com Common sense analysis of anything below the jet stream. Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:21:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 JayStream includes podcasts about travel, generally associated with scientific conferences in the USA and Europe. Jay no Jay jay@jaystream.com jay@jaystream.com (Jay) Common sense analysis of anything below the jet stream weather, climate, international, travel JayStream » big game http://jaystream.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/podcast144x144.jpg http://jaystream.com NFL’s S—- B— megalomania http://jaystream.com/2010/02/02/nfls-s-b-megalomania/ http://jaystream.com/2010/02/02/nfls-s-b-megalomania/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:38:57 +0000 Jay http://jaystream.com/?p=1748 If you watch TV or listen to the radio this week, you might find it odd that hardly is talking about the S**** B***. Yes, you will hear references to the “big game,” or the “NFL championship” (except on CBS, which is broadcasting the S**** B***). But you will hear no mention of sales on new TV on which you can watch the S**** B***, or advertising for anyone who is hosting a S**** B*** party.

footballThe reason, of course, is that the NFL has decided to pursue with nose tackle-like force anyone who utters or writes the words “S**** B***®” without paying a licensing fee.

In the past, rabid NFL lawyers (or more specifically, four law firms it has unleashed) have gone after anyone – even churches who announced plans for an afternoon of fellowship while watching the S**** B*** game. In 2007, the NFL went so far as trying to usurp the words “big game” in a trademark claim – but fortunately that heavy-handed legal maneuver failed. (One other warning, from the over-lawyered league: if you are watching the S**** B*** on a screen that is larger than 55”, you may be in violation of the copyright claimed by the NFL.)

One irony is that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is married to a television news broadcaster. I wonder – when they’re conversing over dinner, whether he refers to it as the big game, the NFL championship, or the S**** B***?

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