Super Bowl Forty-Eight gets a bad rap
By Charles Kramer
Super Bowl number 48
Turned out to be not so great
Brought us all a bit of Clarity
Bout the myth of NFL Parity
And meanwhile a Houston man
Decided to fight for the common fan
He knew of a law the NFL forgot
Which requires most tickets to be publically bought
New Jersey law says at least 95 percent
Of tickets sold for any stadium event
Must be sold to the public at large
To prevent an unreasonable scalper’s charge
But this dude aint the only one in Court
According to a most recent report
Six former members of the Chicago Bears
Are also claiming things are unfair
The Super Bowl Shuffle was a video made
Back when the Bears in the Superbowl played
And these six onetime rapping bears
Say the picture, singing and video’s theirs
Claim they gave permission to use their faces
And singing only for charities and similar places,
They want their share of profits estimated
Then paid and the charitable use reinstated.
So although the game has now come and gone
The Super Bowl lawsuits will linger on
And perhaps that is the American way
Lawsuits reign where ever games are played.
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Under Analysis is a nationally syndicated column. Charles Kramer is a principal of the St. Louis, Missouri law firm Riezman, Berger, P.C. You may direct comments or criticisms about this column to the Levison Group c/o this newspaper, or direct to the Levison Group via e-mail, at comments@levisongroup.com.
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