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G.I.'s get "The Big Game", but sans commercials

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CrankyYankee

Members of the U.S. military are able to view "The Big Game" but with one noteworthy omission: no commercials. Advertisements during this sporting event have become a part of the whole viewing event, however, it's not seen that way according to the American Forces Network.
The article at this link http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60396 explains that our military can see the game but without it's much ballyhooed commercials.
 
Outside of signing up for the military how can I get that feed? I don't give a darn about the commercials and really only want to see the game itself.
 
Or you can go halfway and go to Canada -- CTV's telecast (which will be forced upon in many large markets and on Bell TV satellite) will have commercials... just not the ones that Americans will see.
 
It's a bummer without the commercials!

The year I lived in Costa Rica, we had a party and looked forward to seeing the game (and ads) - only to find that ESPN International was carrying the feed with different (very lackluster) play-by-play guys and the same boring ads that you get from watching them on any given day. Unfortunately for us, Fox had the rights to the """"Big Game"""" that year and no Fox affiliate is carried on cable in Costa Rica. So we were stuck and disappointed.

Believe me, taking the ads and Madden-fueled hype out of the game makes it about as exciting as a run-of-the-mill contest between the Lions and Bengals in October.
 
I was in the Air Force for 9 years and while I had only one official tour overseas tour I was on Temporary Duty to Europe 4 times, back in the 1990's. You do miss the commercials after a while. Armed Forces Network has a ton of PSAs but if you watch enough TV you've seen 95% of them.

Sometimes the editors would slip and you would see the opening few seconds of ads. This happened the most during the Big 3 networks nightly newscasts.
 
I notice some of the posts have been dancing around a certain name. ;)

Here's how I "read" it...

The posts on Radio-Info are not categorized as commercials or promotional announcements, but rather as editorial comment, similar to radio, TV and newspapers, and thus are protected speech (First Amendment, et al)--or at least protected to the extent that the board editors allow. After all, it is their board and they can control the editorial comment, but the No Fun League can't.

Therefore, you may refer to the Super Bowl by name, and do not need Roger Goodygoody's permission, nor do you need to use a trademark symbol after the name on screen. Same thing applies to the Academy Awards/Oscars.
 
BRNout said:
It's a bummer without the commercials!

Believe me, taking the ads and Madden-fueled hype out of the game makes it about as exciting as a run-of-the-mill contest between the Lions and Bengals in October.
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I'm glad that some people like the ads as I just don't care to see them. As it is I record the game on our Tivo, wait about 30-45 minutes and then start to watch. I FF right past all the ads, doesn't matter if it's The Big Game or just a regular season one.
 
oldiesfan6479 said:
I notice some of the posts have been dancing around a certain name. ;)

Here's how I "read" it...

The posts on Radio-Info are not categorized as commercials or promotional announcements, but rather as editorial comment, similar to radio, TV and newspapers, and thus are protected speech (First Amendment, et al)--or at least protected to the extent that the board editors allow. After all, it is their board and they can control the editorial comment, but the No Fun League can't.

Therefore, you may refer to the Super Bowl by name, and do not need Roger Goodygoody's permission, nor do you need to use a trademark symbol after the name on screen. Same thing applies to the Academy Awards/Oscars.
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Actually, I totally agree with you and my post (and mention of the event in multiple quotes) was meant to be sarcastic.

Personally, I find it absurd that the NFL has successfully created an ersatz national holiday with the SUPER BOWL game and then decides not to let anyone use the name of the event - unless they pay up. It's the ultimate in greed that searches for justification under the cover of copyrights and contracts. In reality, it's lawyers and corporate thinkers who've gotten out of control and it reflects poorly on where our nation has headed when it comes to our relative freedom from those who seek to limit our ability to express ourselves.

This may even be as offensive as substituting the generic "holiday" for our national holiday of Christmas.
 
BRNout said:
Personally, I find it absurd that the NFL has successfully created an ersatz national holiday with the SUPER BOWL game and then decides not to let anyone use the name of the event - unless they pay up. It's the ultimate in greed that searches for justification under the cover of copyrights and contracts.

This may even be as offensive as substituting the generic "holiday" for our national holiday of Christmas.
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"Christmas" is a registered trademark, jointly owned by Hallmark Cards, Coca-Cola and CBN.

(Just kidding; couldn't resist.)
 
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