Tebow ad

[bsmooth]

I am midly surprised the proposed Tebow ad during the SB has not been touched yet, as it is generating a decent amount of conversation, especially since previously CBS rejected an ad by a liberal group in a past SB.
As such a widely watched sporting event, should CBS be considering allowing any ads that might have a political slant?

[StL FinFan]

Personally, I don't think a commercial is going to sway anyone so I am not worrying about it.  Most people already have an irreversible opinion on the subject.

I would rather see Tim Tebow and his mom than some half dressed woman eating a hamburger.

[bsmooth]

Personally, I don't think a commercial is going to sway anyone so I am not worrying about it.  Most people already have an irreversible opinion on the subject.

I would rather see Tim Tebow and his mom than some half dressed woman eating a hamburger.

How about a half dressed man eating a burrito?
I also do not think it will sway many opinions, but it reeks of hypocrisy and favortism to turn down an ad by one group of the political spectrum, only to later allow an ad from a group from the opposite side of the spectrum.

[Brian Fein]

Agreed with bsmooth. 

Commercials are only good to convince people who are on the fence.  All its gonna do is make half the people watching hate Tim Tebow.

But you have to be fair and unbiased.

The Super Bowl is not a political platform and the ad space should not be allowed to be used as such.

[Tenshot13]

Personally, I don't think a commercial is going to sway anyone so I am not worrying about it.  Most people already have an irreversible opinion on the subject.

I would rather see Tim Tebow and his mom than some half dressed woman eating a hamburger.

That makes one of us.

[StL FinFan]

If you had two young daughters you might feel differently, but that is beside the point.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

While I am pro-choice, if I was Tim I wouldn't really worry too much about his detractors getting upset by this ad.  Could the critism really be any worse than how bad he was slammed by some for taking a girl with brain tumor to the ESPN College Football awards.

http://www.thedolphinsmakemecry.com/forums/index.php?topic=15892.0

[Philly Fin Fan]

I read an article which touched on this- the only reason CBS is accepting the money is because they need to sell the advertising space. Car manufacturers are not going to be spending the big dollars on air time this year. Neither are soda companies, or beer companies, etc. (at least not to the extent they have in the past)

I'm sure if someone wanted to buy the air time directly after this commercial to air a "rebuttal", CBS would gladly accept the money.

[Dave Gray]

This doesn't seem like the correct venue for a statement like this, but if CBS is getting a big chunk of change for it -- go ahead.

[Phishfan]

It doesn't matter if it is the Super Bowl or an episode of How I Met Your Mother. This is a paid add. People up in arms have no right to be. A paid add is a paid ad. As long as it isn't out of the bounds of what is allowed on TV then it absolutely is the venue for it. I think most of the outrage is from people who disagree with the message, but that isn't right.

[MaineDolFan]

I also do not think it will sway many opinions, but it reeks of hypocrisy and favortism to turn down an ad by one group of the political spectrum, only to later allow an ad from a group from the opposite side of the spectrum.

CBS turned down that group in 2007 when they still had a waiting list of people wanting to get on air, at CBS's rate, for the SB.

They will receive 2.3 million for this one ad.  They couldn't turn that down.

[bsmooth]

It doesn't matter if it is the Super Bowl or an episode of How I Met Your Mother. This is a paid add. People up in arms have no right to be. A paid add is a paid ad. As long as it isn't out of the bounds of what is allowed on TV then it absolutely is the venue for it. I think most of the outrage is from people who disagree with the message, but that isn't right.

I do not remember seeing many political ads run during the season on CBS or even Fox. This is a once a year event to bring one of our favorite sports to a close and all the fans can enjoy the game. There is a time and place for everything, and this is not it. People watch and attend sporting events to get away from the everyday issues and politics is one of those things they are trying to get away from.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

It is quite possible this is backfiring for the pro-life group. 

Peta has gotten some pretty good mileage out of making an ad they knew the networks would never run,  then when the ad got rejected then every news station ran the ad for free and discussed it at length.

This group might have been expecting the same thing and then blew the majority of its marketing budget b/c it thought CBS would never cash the check. 

[Phishfan]

I do not remember seeing many political ads run during the season on CBS or even Fox. This is a once a year event to bring one of our favorite sports to a close and all the fans can enjoy the game. There is a time and place for everything, and this is not it. People watch and attend sporting events to get away from the everyday issues and politics is one of those things they are trying to get away from.

And CBS sells advertising in order to bring you the event. If you don't like it pay for your ad to air instead.

[fyo]

What if, as has been alleged, the story is made up? Does that change anything?