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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Philtration" data-source="post: 132387" data-attributes="member: 213"> The city of Chicago wanted to open Soldier Field and charge $15 to show the Super Bowl on the Jumbotrons to raise money for charity.The Chicago Park District, which owns and operates Soldier Field, inquired whether it could open the stadium for a "nominal fee" as a charity fund-raiser and show the game on its huge video screens. In a memo, the NFL said policy prohibits "mass out-of-home viewing broadcasts" -- because they could water down television ratings. Viewers in stadiums -- as well as other "outdoor festivals" -- are "not measured by the rating system," according to the memo from the NFL's legal department. The NFL has control because it is the copyright holder of football telecasts. It also notes that all of its post-season games are on free over-the-air broadcasts -- an offering made possible because of high TV ratings, the league said.They claim that it will cut into the TV ratings and cost the league money.Even if they packed the place, 60,000 fans giving their own money to charity is going to hurt the NFL and their ratings for the Super Bowl?It would have brought in one million dollars while they are charging 2.6 million dollars for a 30 second commercial.What a bunch of greedy ***holes. :rubeyes:</blockquote>

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