Originally Posted by Coach Rip (Post 113215)

I can't believe what many of you are crying about. Some of us got caught with our hand in the cookie jar...............yes,.....I GOT CAUGHT TOO! I had a few conversations with the NFL about eight years ago. Their lawyer was pretty cool with me. She told me my web site violates their trademarks. She told me what to do,............. and IF I complied, ..............I would not have to worry about anything else..............guess what, ......I complied!!!

I got sooo many calls about who did it, who turned me in, .................and every time I told the caller, "I understand what they are doing, if I had a license or brand to protect, I would probably do the same." The callers could draw their own conclusion.

Many of us rationalize that it is ok to violate someone's property, ........

I see so much of "Hey, they make tons of money, why mess with me?" and "I'm/We are not hurting anyone/anything" ..........it all wreaks of "a sense of entitlement" ............... we ARE NOT ENTITLED!

I understand doing what we do, but for Christ's Sake, ..........stop crying when you get caught. :rnt; They are protecting their property/investment!

It's like the DB who blatantly interferes with the receiver, and acts like he did nothing wrong, when called on it :rnt; ......................and the other type, after getting called............. just smiles and admits his wrong doing. ;)


Just man up, and change your way of doing business, or continued to get hassled and keep crying " poor pitiful me", .........hey, ..the definition of insanity is do the same thing again and again, and expecting a different outcome! ...................mgngcrz

The continued infringement from us (meaning the hobby), only gives the hobby a continuous black eye.

Originally Posted by Coach Rip (Post 113215)

I can't believe what many of you are crying about. Some of us got caught with our hand in the cookie jar...............yes,.....I GOT CAUGHT TOO! I had a few conversations with the NFL about eight years ago. Their lawyer was pretty cool with me. She told me my web site violates their trademarks. She told me what to do,............. and IF I complied, ..............I would not have to worry about anything else..............guess what, ......I complied!!!

I got sooo many calls about who did it, who turned me in, .................and every time I told the caller, "I understand what they are doing, if I had a license or brand to protect, I would probably do the same." The callers could draw their own conclusion.

Many of us rationalize that it is ok to violate someone's property, ........

I see so much of "Hey, they make tons of money, why mess with me?" and "I'm/We are not hurting anyone/anything" ..........it all wreaks of "a sense of entitlement" ............... we ARE NOT ENTITLED!

I understand doing what we do, but for Christ's Sake, ..........stop crying when you get caught. :rnt; They are protecting their property/investment!

It's like the DB who blatantly interferes with the receiver, and acts like he did nothing wrong, when called on it :rnt; ......................and the other type, after getting called............. just smiles and admits his wrong doing. ;)


Just man up, and change your way of doing business, or continued to get hassled and keep crying " poor pitiful me", .........hey, ..the definition of insanity is do the same thing again and again, and expecting a different outcome! ...................mgngcrz

The continued infringement from us (meaning the hobby), only gives the hobby a continuous black eye.

Originally Posted by FrankB (Post 113241)

And i understand what coach RIP stated, but i think i feel like many of the other members here feel, and that is that its ashame someone from within our ranks would turn another member in. If Cowboy Mike was caught in any other way, thats one thing, but to be snitched on by another member is not a good feeling. IMO.:mad: