No Super Bowl Parties

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/LOCAL/702020470


At Indian Creek Christian Church on the Southeastside, church leaders yanked up banners that had been beckoning people to come to Sunday's "Super Bowl XLI Party."


At Seymour's Cornerstone Ministry Center, church leaders began looking for something to do with the food they had planned to serve to football fans Sunday night.
And at Green Valley Church of Christ in Noblesville, the church decided it would rather cancel its Super Bowl party than run the risk of running afoul of the NFL.
In what might constitute a seismic shift in Super Bowl viewing habits, churches across the country started scrapping their party plans Thursday after the NFL warned anyone who violates federal copyright law -- churches included.
The wave of party pooping started in Indianapolis with a report in Thursday's Indianapolis Star that the NFL told Fall Creek Baptist Church that its plans for a big-screen showing of the game were improper.

What a Gestapo like move by the NFL Corporate Whores.

Oh.....but they still want you to watch the game, just don't do it in ways that they don't approve of. Like in a Church with a bunch of congregants.

They're fine if you watch in a bar, and drink lots of Millers & Buds though.

for this very reason. I'll prolly avoid the radio broadcast, too.

This accounting of EVERY penny by the NFL is ridiculous! The watching of the game used to be marketed as a good excuse to gather your family and friends and have a big throw-down. Now, if your TV is too large, or you have the ultimate disrespect to call your illegal gathering a "Super Bowl®" party, beware of the licensing division of the NFL - they will have their pound of flesh.

We put together soup packets for Snow-Cap, the local non-profit that provides food and clothing to folks. This year, we're hoping to do 1,000 packets, an increase of about a third over last year's effort. There will be a TV, but most of the fellowship and good time will be happening independent of (and before) any football game.

And several thousand families will be able to make and enjoy a hot meal throughout the year.

Stop us if you think you can, NFL moguls. We're not afraid of you.

n/t

:wtf:

I simply cannot imagine that this took place in Indiana and not in BizzaroWorld.

Lisby

Lead story in the early edition(Print) of the Indianapolis Star

or "Pig Skin Sunday Celebration"
or "The Oval Ball"
or if they are United Methodists "Oval Casserole Bash" (is ok, I play organ for a UM church)

And just happen to have the game on, in the corner.

They just need to be creative. Screw the NFL.

You can't show the game to a large group without NFL permission.

just don't advertise that the game will be on. Heck, they could have all showed up to watch the shopping channel!

Damn greedy NFL.

This is done all the time during the NBA finals..If home team is on the road the game is allowed to be rebroadcast at the stadium..and fans are allowed in a its a game like setting and event..

They have taken a grey area and made it black in white just by saying so. The NFL cannot sue millions of people because they cannot prove loss of revenue. They cannot prove that people would have paid for the broadcast at home.

Lying, greedy bastards.

Hey NFL!

Good point SR!