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Joey Ace


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 1:53 am    
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The NFL is now asking the halftime band to pay.
Before the band was not paid.
Interesting times. It's all about marketing.

Alternately, they should “be willing to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league.”
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LJ Eiffert

 

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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 5:07 am    
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C that's how the equal opportunity system works in any business that's in control of the table. Money talks and BS walks. Winking Uncle Leo J Eiffert Jr & the Pigeons - facebook.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 7:14 am    
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Interesting times. It's all about marketing.

Interesting times? Strange choice of words. I'd say it was all about corporate greed which obviously knows no end..



http://deadspin.com/5984731/the-only-reason-we-know-roger-goodells-absurd-salary-is-that-the-nfl-is-structured-as-a-non-profit-to-avoid-taxes

Here's a quote from Rolling Stone. "No decisions have been made about this year's Super Bowl Halftime performer, and as NFL spokeswoman Joanna Hunter noted, the league's contracts with artists are confidential."
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 8:11 am    
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I had no idea that they made artists pay to play. Maybe that's why they get such crap to play the halftime shows.
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Hook Moore


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 10:57 am    
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I hope they get karaoke..
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 20 Aug 2014 11:35 am    
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Don't you just love professional sports!! Rolling Eyes
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Paul Sutherland

 

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Placerville, California
Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 3:17 pm    
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Let's hope they get Britney Spears, and then someone turns off her autotune.
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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 4:33 pm    
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Paul Sutherland wrote:
Let's hope they get Britney Spears, and then someone turns off her autotune.


Unmute her mic? I don't think so!
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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 4:34 pm    
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AF of M sent out an angry email about this today.
Our Brotherhood is outraged: "Though the NFL doesn't usually pay the performing halftime acts, this seems to be a new low" but then the author commits a putative error in judgment by pointing out that "A 30-second TV commercial cost $3.8 million and there were 45 minutes of advertisements during the game" as if this fact should entitle a performer to a share of the $342 million. A better case could be made that Katy Perry should pay $3.8 million for each half minute to promote her product, just like all the others. $91 million!
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 5:38 pm    
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So when the Stones played a few years ago, they didn't get paid either? Really?
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 6:38 pm    
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So when the Stones played a few years ago, they didn't get paid either? Really?


or Paul McCartney? Bruce Springsteen? Beyonce'? The Who? Sting? U2? Shocked

I hope they at least got free drinks.
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Barry Blackwood


Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 7:03 pm    
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Remember, "the league's contracts with artists are confidential."
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Jim Cohen


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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 7:04 pm    
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Actually, didn't we hear last year that Paul McCartney played at the Olympics for 1 pound?
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Nick Powers

 

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Post  Posted 21 Aug 2014 10:27 pm    
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i still can't believe this, but i heard lately that the national football league is a non-profit organization.
further comment fails me.
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Clyde Mattocks

 

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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 22 Aug 2014 7:25 am    
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Did anyone see Letterman's take on this last night? Hilarious. A clip of the halftime entertainment with Warren Buffet singing and playing the ukelele.
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LJ Eiffert

 

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Post  Posted 25 Aug 2014 7:35 am    
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How many members did you say we have on this forum & we change things? Whoa! Uncle Leo J Eiffert Jr.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 25 Aug 2014 9:39 am    
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/08/25/half-time-show-performance-pay-nfl-punchlines-fallon-letterman/14557101/
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Donny Hinson

 

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Post  Posted 26 Aug 2014 7:51 am    
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So, you have to pay for that "exposure"?

Maybe Janet Jackson simply couldn't afford to show us both boobs?

Laughing Laughing Laughing
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