No Fun League

Speaking of stupid, it’s not just limited to the authorities in Boston.

The issue came to light Thursday when the Star reported that the NFL had told Fall Creek Baptist Church in Indianapolis that its plans for a Super Bowl watch party in front a big screen TV would be illegal. How dumb is this? The reason they claim is that the Nielsen ratings don’t count large gatherings. But the NFL makes an exception for sports bars.

Hmm… Could it be because the biggest advertisers are beer companies? And those companies don’t care about the exact Nielsen numbers – they know that there’s a huge audience for the NFL and they are willing to pay… I somehow doubt that the NFL would have to charge less for their ads if people watch the Super Bowl at church. Especially because they’re going to at least get some (probably a fair amount actually) of bad publicity out of this… There has to be a more satisfying solution. Or they’re just dumb. More from the AP at Sports Illustrated.

I’m worried…

That Dark Helmet was right:

Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb — Dark Helmet, *Spaceballs*

Seriously, could the authorities in Boston be any more stupid? And now they have to press on, even though they sound increasingly ridiculous:

“It’s clear the intent was to get attention by causing fear and unrest that there was a bomb in that location,” Assistant Attorney General John Grossman said at their arraignment.