Friday, 23 January 2009

Linkage

Blogburst: Screw the National Football League

Disgraceful, but not unexpected.

UPDATE 090124 16:39: here.

David M.:
[from reader email]
My youngest Marine called me this morning. In the course of the conversation he made mention of being part of the Color Guard for the ceremonies at the Super Bowl.  He has been part of other Color Guards at other games and has been able to enjoy the entire game after presenting the Colors.  HOWEVER, this will not be the case this time.  The 12 man/women color guard will be presenting the Colors and then will be escorted out of the stadium and therefore not allowed to see the game.  Steven and the 11 others are quite upset about this and have asked that I see if I could contact someone and have that changed.
What?  The Super Bowl won’t let the military color guard stay and watch the big game?  Yes you read that right.  Was I skeptical?  At first, but after I contacted the Tampa Bay host Committee through their official website and spoke to Katie Wagner, I was assured that yes in fact her email inbox is full of emails from upset Marine Mom’s all asking for an explanation.  To Ms. Wagner’s credit, who by the way was extremely gracious during my questions the Host Committee has no control over game day decisions; that authority rests solely with the NFL. [links in original - o.g.]
The NFL is a bunch of multi-millionaire parasites who would not exist were it not for the billions of dollars they extort from their host cities and the anti-trust exemption given them by their cronies in Congress.  This is typically disgraceful, and not unexpected.

LATER: Hey whatcha upset about, it’s long-standing “policy”
...the outrage is being stoked by the contention that something has changed, presumably due to the economy.  Well, nothing has changed.  Per the league, this is the way it has always been done.
And maybe it’s time the league did something different.

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Via:  Instapundit

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