# Official 2011 NFL Football Thread - Preseason Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851 "2011-08-24T02:28:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/1 "2011-08-24T02:28:21Z")
The title is the title of this [current thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=617281) The question is if the use of the term “official” is legally defensible if the NFL objects ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/2 "2011-08-24T03:08:08Z")
Even “meta” sports questions live in the Game Room. Thread moved. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/3 "2011-08-24T03:58:05Z")
Well I hope our best legal minds are also sport enthusiasts. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/4 "2011-08-24T04:18:42Z")
IP is not my field, but if they got pissy about it, I might offer to edit the title to something like “Official SDMB 2011 NFL Thread - Preseason Exhibit”. This has the advantage of not appearing to have any sanction by the NFL, and eliminating an annoying redundancy in the original version of the title. If they don’t like that, I’d edit the title to something like “Official SDMB 2011 Thread about the Pro Football league in the U.S. that’s run by a bunch of assholes”. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/5 "2011-08-24T12:46:26Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > The question is if the use of the term “official” is legally defensible if the NFL objects It’s not the 2011 NFL’s Official Football Thread. The “official” is not stating this is the only thread that the NFL has made official, it’s the “official” thread about NFL football on the SDMB. Or it is the “official” thread of Omni’s. There is no trademark, copyright or intellectual property violation here. Case dismissed. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/6 "2011-08-24T13:25:46Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > It’s not the 2011 NFL’s Official Football Thread. The “official” is not stating this is the only thread that the NFL has made official, it’s the “official” thread about NFL football on the SDMB. Or it is the “official” thread of Omni’s. There is no trademark, copyright or intellectual property violation here. > > Case dismissed. [Law & Order]Chung chung![/Law&Order] ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/7 "2011-08-24T17:20:34Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > It’s not the 2011 NFL’s Official Football Thread. The “official” is not stating this is the only thread that the NFL has made official, it’s the “official” thread about NFL football on the SDMB. Or it is the “official” thread of Omni’s. There is no trademark, copyright or intellectual property violation here. > > Case dismissed. Everything I do is both “Official” and copy-written. It’s one of the perks of being me. I’m suing the NFL now, but I’m not at liberty to discuss ongoing litigation. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2011-nfl-football-thread-preseason-edition/593851/8 "2011-08-26T17:03:02Z")
Who cares if the NFL objects? We’re not holding out the thread as having been approved in form and content by the NFL.