Below is a guest post of my husband, Poe. He’s a little ticked and asked if he could write on my blog.
Hello there, this is Poe… Sparks’ husband. I heard a discussion on the radio this morning that prompted me to request this “Guest Post” on my loving, beautiful, talented wife’s most professional and stylish blog. Full disclosure, this post is going to have to do with sports…kinda.
I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but the use of the words “Super Bowl” has been absent from almost all forms of advertisement not directly generated from the NFL. While I understand this from a purely monitary point of view (not really,) I have always thought it to be petty and selfish in the extreme. The use of the title “Super Bowl” in an ad for pizza, or a new TV does nothing to detract people from actually watching the “Super Bowl.” If anything, it’s free advertising… but I digress.
This morning I was informed that a number of businesses in New Orleans received letters from the NFL informing them that their use of “Who Dat” in the advertisement was a violation of trademark laws as “Who Dat” was an official NFL trademark. ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! That has got to be the most out of touch, conceited, petty, and just plain dumb policy I have heard in a very long time. That is like some official for the Olympics saying people need to use “The Game Overseas” or “A Group of Countries Playing Games Against Each Other.” Just stupid. As if New Orleans does not have enough to deal with, now this. This is the first trip to the “Super Bowl” for the New Orleans Saints and the “Who Dat Nation” – and the NFL pulls something like this. Seriously, is “The Dog Pound,” “Raider Nation,” or “Cheese Heads” trademarked by the NFL too? It’s like me trying to trademark “Dude”. (Ed. note – my husband has trouble in conversation NOT using “Dude.”)
I am sorely disappointed in the NFL, so much in fact that I will not be watching the “Super Bowl.” (Ed. note – my husband is an AVID, RABID football fan, so this is big.) I just wanted to vent and this is, I think, one of my best options. Thank you baby!
Poe
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