NFL bans gun commercial

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

December 3, 2013, 8:11 p.m.

A gun ad that was specifically designed to fit the rules that would allow it to air during Super Bowl XLVIII in February is being rejected by the NFL and some people are crying foul.

No, it's not one of those video game ads full of guns and gunfire that you might've seen repeatedly on any given Sunday, or Monday, or Thursday night. And yes, we're talking about deciding what's appropriate for the audience of the biggest football game of the year, an event in which big men slam into each other violently and sometimes hurt each other badly in pursuit of a national title and some shiny rings.

But never mind all that.

The ad in contention which shows a man, home from active military service, taking responsibility for protecting his family is actually for a place that sells guns, Daniel Defense. It doesn't show a gun, save for a silhouetted rifle in the logo at the end, an image the company was willing to swap out for an American flag or the words "Shall Not Be Infringed," if that made the deal happen.

http://conservativepost.com/banned-super-bowl-ad/

[Bugs 455]

I'm guessing the NFL decided to cut this one out due to the fact it is a controversial topic, period, and not so much because of the content.

They are a privately run entity, and can decide what they want aired.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The ad apparently skirted too close to the NFL rules on prohibited content. You aren't allowed to do ads for guns and weapons but you are allowed to promote gun stores that sell other things.

Presumably a decision was made in house that an advert that promotes the need for a gun for home defence broke this rule.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Boo hoo?

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Considering the number of NFL players arrested each year, maybe they thought they'd be sending a negative image?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Good response......Are more blacks like this guy and we just don't know it?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

You can't stop with the racism can you.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

You can't stop with the racism can you.

How the fack was that racist?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Why is the race of the man in the video the point of comment?

[Protocol417 161]

Does it really need to be explained why assuming an entire group of people, whose sole mutual characteristic is the general color of their skin, all act the same (not "like this guy") might be just a bit racist?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What they said!

[Penny Lane 8,159]

You can always tell when lostinblue has commented on something. Topics that had nothing to do with race become about race very quickly.

[GandD 5,966]

To be fair, that seems to be the case with Marvin a lot as well

[Penny Lane 8,159]

To be fair, that seems to be the case with Marvin a lot as well

Agreed!

Though I think Marvin's comments come from a well-meaning place.

Edited December 5, 2013 by Penny Lane

[GandD 5,966]

Well, the other side has made him a bit defensive for sure.