The NFL wants people using its telecasts for public display to pay for the right. Is that so hard to understand?
I think people who believe buying merchandise with someone else's name prominently featured are sadly lacking in self-worth.
There a a few hundred people who can say"MY TEAM" because they do own a team;the fans who say "my team" are just being played for suckers by the owners.
Too bad more people don't actually go participate in a sport themselves rather than pay to experience vicarious thrills fromm the exploits of professionals.
It would gain them much good will to sell “block party” licenses to non commercial venues over the internet, The count of such licenses would figure in their ad rates.