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Re: N.F.L. Adds First Amendment to List of Banned Substances

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 25 May 18 1:19 AM | 66 view(s)
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I can understand why the teams don't want their name to be taken advantage of in this way by the players. They have a brand to protect.

So this is an interesting example of how different rights conflict: the NFL's and the team owners' IP rights versus the players' speech rights.

It seems to me it isn't as simple a conversation as a first amendment right being trampled by malevolent owners. They have an interest in the value of the entertainment they provide.

Many people watch sports as a means to set aside politics in favour of watching thugs beating one another up.

Wait. What? It's the same thing as politics in a different coloured outfit.

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N.F.L. Adds First Amendment to List of Banned Substances
By: clo in ALEA
Thu, 24 May 18 10:43 PM 		Msg. 25322 of 54959

Satire from The Borowitz Report

N.F.L. Adds First Amendment to List of Banned Substances

Although the N.F.L. has long banned substances such as anabolic steroids and growth hormones, the First Amendment is believed to be the only right guaranteed by the Constitution to be included on the list.

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