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ponto
January 13th, 2006, 08:27 AM
Last year, GoDaddy ran a Super Bowl commercial featuring a woman dancing provocatively before Congress that garnered loads of publicity--in part because the spot's second airing during the game was canceled after the NFL complained.

ABC has been hypocritical in rejecting nine versions of its proposed Super Bowl ad on the grounds that it is too racy.

"These are the guys that do 'Desperate Housewives'...these guys are no white knights," Bob Parsons said during an appearance on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Parsons, the flamboyant founder and president of the site for registering domain names, said GoDaddy has a verbal agreement with ABC to air a spot in next month's game, but no contract yet. A call to ABC was not immediately returned.

GoDaddy and Parsons admittedly thrive on controversy. "Any media attention and exposure translates into sales," Parsons said.

ABC rejected an ad that Fox TV is airing during its coverage of the NFC playoffs, Parsons said.
ponto
January 18th, 2006, 09:03 AM
GODADDY.COM PRESIDENT BOB PARSONS CONTINUES to extend his 30 seconds into more fame.

The flamboyant Internet entrepreneur fired off a blog entry yesterday complaining that the NFL will have veto power over GoDaddy's 30-second Super Bowl spot. But the NFL says it won't view the ad until it runs during the game.

Parsons, who uses bobparsons.com to provide updates on GoDaddy's pursuit of Super Bowl ad time, wrote that GoDaddy "received an indication Friday that the NFL will review any commercial GoDaddy submits that ABC approves. To the best of my knowledge the NFL has never participated in the commercial approval process."

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mark
January 18th, 2006, 11:33 PM
ABC has been hypocritical in rejecting nine versions of its proposed Super Bowl ad on the grounds that it is too racy.



Since very few others thinks it's racy, maybe they should forget those nine versions & just put the comments of New Orleans' Mayor Ray Nagin in the questionable spot.
LOL. for sure.

That should solve their problem............see ya mark