Thursday, February 01, 2007 4:54 PM
The countdown to the Super Bowl has begun and the blawgosphere has taken note.
Search the blawgosphere for Super Bowl.
As you will see if you do your own search, the topics covered are across the board; it is not simply Go Bears! or Go Colts! Although I expect we will all see much more of this over the next couple of days...
Here is a sampling to whet your appetite:
Whatever barriers existed between African American head coaches and the Super Bowl prior to this season, Dungy and Smith have shattered them in their exemplary displays of leadership, fortitude and dedication. Appropriately, one of the principal stories leading up to this Super Bowl has been the fact that for the first time in the forty one years of Super Bowl play, one of the participating teams will be coached by an African American. The magnitude of this event can not be overstated. Sport Law Blog in the post, progress realized?
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With Super Bowl XLI just days away, we need your help in creating the Law Blog Football Hall of Fame. The 11-member team will be announced during halftime of Sunday’s game. The Law Blog Football Hall of Fame: Cast Your Votes! - The Wall Street Journal Law Blog
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Notice how in the last few years all the advertising has started referring to the mysterious "Big Game"? That's because the NFL has sicced lawyers on marketers who refer to the "Super Bowl" without paying merchandising fees to the NFL, including suing Las Vegas casinos that offered Super Bowl parties or special weekend rates for the Super Bowl or contest promoters that offered Super Bowl tickets. (Eriq Gardner, "Super Bowl, Super Trademarks: Protecting the NFL's IP", Hollywood Reporter Esq., Jan. 29 via Lattman). The Big Game - Overlawyered
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Supposedly, our workplaces will experience a greater rate of absenteeism Monday as a result of the Super Bowl game on Sunday. Monday's Super Bowl Flu - Strategic HR Lawyer
Enjoy the game...