AWWWW. Churches say goodbye to bigscreen NFL games

Posted by Thor on February 1st, 2008 15 Comments

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Finally, the guy trying to find churches to sue the NFL got some major press in the Washington Post. John Whitehead of Charlottesville-based Rutherford Institute who had announced for many times that he was looking for a church to sue the NFL, finally found one in Alabama. Woohoo!

The article explains that the NFL does not allow public display of its games on screens larger than 55 inches. Now, while some members of the church found this fact to be “disturbing” and shut down their NFL parties, others are nervous.

What gives? Are you watching the super-bowl in a public space where they have over 55 inch screens? Will the NFL Gestapo come find you?

[via Washington Post]

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15 Responses to “AWWWW. Churches say goodbye to bigscreen NFL games”

  1. 01 Feb 2008 at 9:00 am1Donk said:

    So wait… is the rule no screens over 55 inches, or no screens over 55 inches in a public space?
    I had better close all of the blinds for the super bowl party.

  2. 01 Feb 2008 at 9:08 am2Lu Sid said:

    Uh, what do they have some sort of NFL police that monitor this? Pretty sure any church that actually had a Superbowl party could get away with it…I mean who sues a church?! It is just sad some attorney got a church to sue the NFL. Don’t we have more important issues to sue for? What is our legal system coming to?

  3. 01 Feb 2008 at 9:37 am3cbob said:

    Fuck tha NFL police comin straight from the underground
    Got it bad for a church that gathers ’round
    the television or so police think
    they have the authority to kill a superbowl party
    Fuck that shit ’cause I aint the one
    for a punk mothafucka makes me cancel my fun
    to be ticketed and TV confiscated
    we could go toe to toe in the middle of the pulpit
    Fuckin with me ’cause I’m a sports enthusiast
    Watchin football on sunday after service….

  4. 01 Feb 2008 at 10:15 am4colfer said:

    Jesus played right tackle.

  5. 01 Feb 2008 at 10:21 am5Stanley said:

    Do the Saints fans get an exemption?

  6. 01 Feb 2008 at 10:38 am6Smiley said:

    The NFL and Media General must have the same jackass for a lawyer.

  7. 01 Feb 2008 at 10:45 am7colfer said:

    Saints fans are too rude, maybe the Cardinals.

  8. 01 Feb 2008 at 10:53 am8Charlottesville Podcasting Network » Blog Archive » Rutherford’s John Whitehead recalls suing President Clinton said:

    […] campaign against the NFL (Daily Progress) (discussion on cVillain)    Standard Podcast [37:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | […]

  9. 01 Feb 2008 at 11:07 am9belmont yo said:

    The First Agnosticostal Church of Charlottesville will not descriminate against the Superbowl, despite the obvious nature of sports commentators… “You see, if you want to win, you are gonna need to score more points than the other team….” We will drink a boat load of sacrement, though, to make it bearable.

  10. 01 Feb 2008 at 2:55 pm10JEFF not GEOFF said:

    What about the 12 foot projection monitor at Wild Wing Cafe? Do they pay a licensing fee? Yeah, I know. What was I doing at Wild Wing Cafe in the first place? I wish I had a better excuse than I am a sucker for fried, spicy food.

  11. 01 Feb 2008 at 7:22 pm11Donk said:

    Pishaw….
    Wild Wings is great.
    Sure, the crowd gets a little sketchy late night, but it’s reliably cheap booze, and fairly reliably cheap food. The service is the only thing that seems to fluctuate wildly.

    And for the record, I require three specific genre’s of food to live:
    Hot Wings (Wild Wing)
    Chinese Food (Red Lantern)
    Mexican Food (Ongoing battle b/t El Puerto and El Tapatio)

  12. 01 Feb 2008 at 7:23 pm12Donk said:

    err… the ‘fairly reliably cheap food’ above should read ‘fairly reliably GOOD cheap food’.

    I did once get served a Buffarella that may have been dunked in a bucket of sand first.

  13. 01 Feb 2008 at 7:35 pm13Stanley said:

    11: Wild Wing also boasts free WiFi, for all your live-blogging needs!

  14. 01 Feb 2008 at 7:38 pm14Donk said:

    Bwah?!?! Free WiFi and the Tequila/Jaeger trains?!?!

    I may just move into WW. Paying a mortgage is overrated.

  15. 02 Feb 2008 at 10:10 am15Lu Sid said:

    This is just another example of wasted time. Here we need cures for terrible diseases like heart burn. No really, there are ACTUAL things we should be suing for and medical research that is worth doing…it’s just sad.
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080201/sc_afp/nzealandsciencefoodhealthonions_080201200140

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