The National Football League is demanding T-shirt makers stop selling shirts with the traditional cheer of New Orleans Saints fans, "Who dat?" The league says it has legal rights to the phrase. Several vendors and fans say the phrase has been around since long before the Saints' inception in 1966, so it belongs in the public domain. Is the NFL trying to capitalize on the Saints' first Super Bowl appearance at the expense of the team's loyal and long-suffering fans? (Watch a CNN report about the NFL's claim on "Who dat?")
Sorry. Business is business: The NFL has looked the other way for years, says Erin Geiger Smith in Business Insider, but now that the Saints are on top, Saints merchandise is big business. Call the league a party pooper, but if it wants to "look ridiculous to protect its brand," that's its right.
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