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   interesting football related story   
      
      
   VOIR DIRE: NFL vs. M.I.A.   
   The National Law Journal   
   September 30, 2013   
      
      
         
         
         
           
       
   M.I.A.   
   English-Sri Lankan rapper/singer M.I.A.    
      
      
   One might reasonably have expected controversy when the National Football   
   League invited Madonna to play the Super Bowl halftime show in 2012.   
   Surprisingly, the controversy didn't involve Madonna herself. The problem was   
   that English-Sri Lankan rapper-   
   singer M.I.A., a featured performer during Madonna's set, gave the cameras the   
   middle-finger salute during her solo spot.   
      
   Neither NBC or the FCC took action against M.I.A. for the gesture, but The   
   Hollywood Reporter revealed that the NFL has been waging a legal battle   
   against her for well more than a year. The league claims M.I.A. intentionally   
   breached an agreement to keep    
   her performance in line with the "goodwill and reputation" of the NFL. The   
   rapper-singer scoffed via YouTube, noting Madonna's provocative chorus of   
   cheerleaders during the performance. "Is my finger offensive? Or is an   
   underage black girl, with her legs    
   wide open, more offensive to the family audience?" The NFL is seeking $1.5   
   million. — Richard Binder   
      
      
      
    http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202621256008&V   
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