Just in case the link I referred to in my previous Super Bowl posting gets deleted, I wanted to include the punchline from the article:

"No one is allowed to broadcast the game on a screen bigger than 55 inches outside your house or with a large group. The NFL basically wants you at home watching the game with family. The NFL claims large gatherings skew the Nielsen number which are the numbers used to sell commercials."

or from the NFL itself (quoted from the Indianapolis Star)

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league's longstanding policy is to ban "mass out-of-home viewing" of the Super Bowl. A major exception to the rule is made, however, for sports bars and other businesses that show televised sports as a part of their everyday operations.

"We have contracts with our (TV) networks to provide free over-the-air television for people at home," Aiello said. "The network economics are based on television ratings and at-home viewing. Out-of-home viewing is not measured by Nielsen."

This is clearly all about the almighty dollar.

I think next year I'm going to plan an "NFL Super Football Game to the Letter of the Law" party....