That silly, silly pastor. Doesn't he know the Super Bowl is as close to a national religion as we have?
The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
NFL officials spotted a promotion of Fall Creek Baptist Church's "Super Bowl Bash" on the church Web site last week and overnighted a letter to the pastor demanding the party be canceled, the church said.
Initially, the league objected to the church's plan to charge a fee to attend and that the church used the license-protected words "Super Bowl" in its promotions.
Pastor John D. Newland said he told the NFL his church would not charge anyone and that it would drop the use of the forbidden words.
But the NFL objected to the church's plans to use a projector to show the game, saying the law limits it to one TV no bigger than 55 inches.
Some schools are having a two-hour delay on Monday, so the kids who stayed up late watching the game get their rest. Many Indy-area politicians are taking the whole day off, having been able to jump to the head of the line for game tickets. The next logical step is to just go ahead and make the Monday after the Super Bowl the next national holiday.
