It Seems Size Does Matter
According to the NFL at least.
Fall Creek Baptist Church was planning to have a big Super Bowl bash and show the game.
The NFL said no.
You would think the NFL was looking out for all those good church people, with all the beer and ED commercials.
Once again, no.
Sure, the church in question was planning on charging admission (dumb idea) but they dropped that idea after the well worded letter from NFL attorneys.
Still, they wanted to show the game and have a big party for their congregants and their community.
The NFL said no.
The NFL said the law forbids watching the Super Bowl on more than one televison AND on a television larger than 55 inches.
Did you catch that last part?
According to the NFL it is against the law to watch the Super Bowl on more than one television.
AND
According to the NFL it is against the law to watch the Super Bowl on a television larger than 55 inches.
Uh oh.
7 Responses to “It Seems Size Does Matter”
yeah…I want to see that law.
I had an elder at one church whose TV was 62 inches (uh oh). Every year we would debate what to do on Super Bowl Sunday night (regular service, small groups, or cancel?), every year he would say, “Ya’ll can do what you want, I’ll be watching the game.”
I won’t watch the Super Bowl on more than one T.V. or on a set larger than 55 inches if the NFL will promise to not put on Janet Jackson or an aging ZZ Top at half time.
Go Colts.
We’ll be projecting it on a 10×14 foot screen. Is that a violation? We’re not using a television at all, just a small, 3″ projection lense. I think we’re within the letter of the law.
I like baseball.
Doesn’t the NFL have something beter to do than this kind of junk. Makes me not even want to watch it, but I know I will. We’re doing the same thing as Greg, but I’m watching it at home. I wonder why they can’t find some better halftime entertainment. PRINCE???? I thought “it” was dead.
It’s called "rendering unto Caesar", folks. We are a society of laws, and the intellectual property laws that allow for songwriters and composers to get royalties also allow us to get copyrights for things like the term "Super Bowl". The sports bars and places that have large screen displays for public viewing have paid the royalty fees to the NFL to permit viewing (if they are following the law), and if a church wants to display the Super Bowl or any other copyrighted video, the church can pay the royalty and do it. That’s why we have organizations like CCLI and CVLI - so that our congregations can legally use copyrighted material like songs and videos - not all songs and videos, but the ones that CCLI and CVLI have reached agreement with publishers on.
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