NFL blocks Super Bowl I tape

[Neutral Corner]

NFL squelches copy of Super Bowl I

 

[BDC99]

Just pay the ****ing guy already! A million dollars for one of the most valuable recordings in sports history? It's a no-brainer. **** the NFL.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Why is worth a million dollars? The guy's nuts. He should have taken the $30K. It's not even a complete recording.

Would you watch it? I might watch a few clips. But the whole thing? No. Never. Seriously, why is this "recording" worth a million dollars?

 

[swingline]

Because **** the NFL.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

You sir, should be a courtroom lawyer.

 

[CD Boogie]

My life won't be affected one bit by the inability to see this game in its entirety. The holy grail of missing tapes? I think they're overestimating how much people really care to see this. Sure, it's the first SB and it's unique, but it's not like having the only copy of Michael Jackson first doing the moonwalk. Besides, his pops apparently did a shoddy job and hit pause during commercials (which I think would in some ways be as interesting to see as the game), didn't tape halftime, and missed a large part of the third quarter. I don't know what a fair offer is, but $1 million seems ridiculously high for a half-assed tape job, and $30K also seems ridiculously low. They should split the difference in some way -- maybe free tickets to NFL games for life? -- and move on.

 

[Starman]

If I were the NFL I might pay a couple hundred thou for a complete and flawless copy, but it's not.

I would guess the NFL probably doesn't want to establish the precedent of paying big bucks for imperfect copies for fear that somewhere out in the big wide world there were some people who really did make perfect and pristine copies, and then they'll want REAL big money.

 

[Neutral Corner]

It is the only known copy. Flawed or not, it is an interesting historical document. A million dollars worth of interesting? That's another discussion altogether.

 

[RubberSoul1979]

The NFL's legal team has spoken:

"Since you have already indicated that your client is exploring opportunities for exploitation of the N.F.L.’s Super Bowl I copyrighted footage with yet-unidentified third parties...please be aware that any resulting copyright infringement will be considered intentional, subjecting your client and those parties to injunctive relief and special damages, among other remedies."

 

[LongTimeListener]

What's wrong with that?

 

[RubberSoul1979]

What's wrong with that?

Typical NFL response: "You don't want the $30-grand we offered you? You get nothing. And **** you."

 

[LongTimeListener]

Yeah they should just hand him $1 million because that's how much he wants.

 

[BDC99]

NFL: You should pay US for the privilege of airing your valuable footage we were too stupid to preserve.

 

[Starman]

It is the only known copy. Flawed or not, it is an interesting historical document. A million dollars worth of interesting? That's another discussion altogether.

There were already plenty of partial and fragmentary tapes of the game available; from the sounds of things the only difference with this one is it's a higher percentage of the game (although still not 100% or even close).