NFL - No Fun league?

Mike AI · 01-30-2004

This does not make sense to me. Could someone explain why the NFL would do this?

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=162...76&nav=8faOKWCK

LAS VEGAS, NV, January 30
NFL puts damper on Vegas Super Bowl party
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Big screen TV's are causing a problem for a Las Vegas casino planning a Super Bowl party.

The NFL has sent a letter to the Palms Hotel Casino over an advertisement.

The Palms planned a super-sized party for Super Bowl Sunday, with the game to be shown on theater-sized big screens. But the NFL is barring the casino from showing the game on the big screens.

Jim Hughes is the General Manager of the Palms Hotel. He says it is all about copyright laws. "Copyright laws that the National Football League is quoting allows us to show it on big screen TV's up to 55 inches in diagonal. However, forbids showing it on any kind of a screen larger than that or any kind of commercial screen."

More than 600 tickets had been sold for the Palms Super Bowl party. The hotel is now refunding the money and offering a free Super Bowl party to those who had tickets, with the game on 130 regular-sized screens.

01-30-2004	#1
Mike AI Administrator Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 11,618	This does not make sense to me. Could someone explain why the NFL would do this? http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=162...76&nav=8faOKWCK LAS VEGAS, NV, January 30 NFL puts damper on Vegas Super Bowl party Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version Big screen TV's are causing a problem for a Las Vegas casino planning a Super Bowl party. The NFL has sent a letter to the Palms Hotel Casino over an advertisement. The Palms planned a super-sized party for Super Bowl Sunday, with the game to be shown on theater-sized big screens. But the NFL is barring the casino from showing the game on the big screens. Jim Hughes is the General Manager of the Palms Hotel. He says it is all about copyright laws. "Copyright laws that the National Football League is quoting allows us to show it on big screen TV's up to 55 inches in diagonal. However, forbids showing it on any kind of a screen larger than that or any kind of commercial screen." More than 600 tickets had been sold for the Palms Super Bowl party. The hotel is now refunding the money and offering a free Super Bowl party to those who had tickets, with the game on 130 regular-sized screens. __________________ Make big money on your Domains! Why wait 40 days to get paid with the other guys? Parked.com pays the most for your traffic, and cuts checks twice a month!