Don’t know if you heard about the NFL trying to stop a woman from selling Who Dat? shirts w/ the fleur de lis logo. This is the slogan of New Orleans Saints fans to proclaim thier loyalty. The NFL was claiming that this infringed on thier copyright. Because of all the negative press coverage the NFL backed off. On our Ebay site we had Who Dat shirts w/ the fleur de lis logo along with other football fan slogans. We recieved a letter from the NFL saying that our designs “might” have broken copyright laws. They asked us to take off Who dey? (Cincinatti Bengals), The Black Hole (Oakland Raiders), the Dallas Star. The guys from PTI put it best when they called the NFL a Big Bully. These were sayings made up by the fans or symbols, but the NFL with take others ideas and copyright them. They can’t own the Dallas Star logo or the Fleur de lis, but yet they are so powerful that it seems they can do anything. I understand that it takes alot of money to run the NFL and they have to protect thier investments but when it wasn’t thiers in the firts place don’t snatch it from the fans. Maybe if these players weren’t making millions of dollars before they even prove themselves in the pro league, maybe the NFL wouldn’t be so desperate as to squash the little guys. I like the idea of having a rookie salary cap, as alot of these guys come out with a fat paycheck and become a big bust. Forget you NFL! I’ll just watch the Lingerie Football League, Go Miami Caliente!
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