M.I.A is being sued for millions by the NFL

M.I.A

Remember her?

I’m sure you do now! 😀

If you watched Super Bowl XLVI back in 2012 and also watched the famous Super Bowl halftime show, you would have seen headliner Madonna and special guests CeeLo Green, LMFAO (Where? Oh Where have those Sexy and I Know It guys disappeared to?!), Nicki Minaj, and M.I.A.

I can’t include a motion picture AKA “gif” of M.I.A because the only one is offensive lol

Here’s a still shot of Madge and her beloved rapper cheerleaders keeping her relevant:

With 114 million viewers, it’s the most-watched Super Bowl halftime show EVER!

Most watched is one thing, but I bet you Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake’s show in 2004 is the most re-watched Super Bowl halftime show of ALL-TIME!

No need to explain why 😉

She looked so fierce right before the most famous “wardrobe malfunction” occurred.

So the culprit of this article is M.I.A who got in trouble for “shooting the bird” AKA sticking up her middle finger during her appearance on Madonna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show!

No one and I mean NO ONE saw it coming. There was not a big enough delay in the Live broadcast to put a bird on her finger like I took the time to do for you! 😦

So if you Google Image search “M.I.A shoots the bird”, you will see the actual bird.

I don’t want to re-offend anybody here so I think the Twitter-lookalike bird will have to do

I’m not sure what was more surprising, a breast complete with a nipple shield being exposed or someone’s middle finger.

Whether or not the NFL expected either of those things to happen on Live TV isn’t the problem. The main issue is that they did not provide censorship! 😦

It is reported that Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” created a five-second delay for future Super Bowl Halftime shows!

That’s a great idea everyone at the NFL, but since Janet Jackson’s show in 2004, we had no need for a delay until Madonna’s show in 2012!

Halftime show headliners since 2004:

2005: Paul McCartney

 

 

 

 

 

2006: The Rolling Stones

2007: Prince

2008: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

2009: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

2010: The Who

2011: The Black Eyed Peas

 

I must say that I never knew Prince performed the Halftime show! That is definitely a video I will watch this week! I can’t believe I missed that! 😦

On the other hand, it took 7 years for the Justin Timberlake curse to be broken when The Black Eyed Peas were the first Pop act to make it on the Halftime show stage since Justin and Janet in 2004.

7 years is a long time guys and I’m sure Janet Jackson’s indecent exposure is why the NFL went with classic old-timers that wont do crazy things that need censorship.

Just so you know, The Supreme Court decided back in 2012 not to consider reinstating the government’s $550,000 fine on CBS for Janet’s nip-slip so in fact they escaped any fines for it! What a shame!!!

Back to the case at hand, M.I.A:

It turns out that the rapper is being sued for a whopping 16.6 MILLION DOLLARS in a lawsuit coming against her by none other than the National Football League!

That’s an unbelievable amount to sue her for! Am I right?! 

M.I.A, a 38 year old rapper raised in Sri Lanka, is reportedly being sued for $15.1 million in restitution in addition to the $1.5 million that the NFL is demanding for breach of contract!

Restitution = recompense for injury or loss

So the NFL is citing injury from M.I.A’s middle finger stunt and basically wants her to cough up the damages AKA the $16.6 MILLION!

The NFL is claiming that the extra $15.1 million is to cover “the alleged value of public exposure she received by appearing for an approximately two minute segment during Madonna’s performance.” That little figure is based on what advertisers would have paid for ads during this 2 minute time slot!!!

That’s pretty harsh don’t you think? and I’m not so sure M.I.A has that amount of cash left from her one massive hit song Paper Planes 😦

M.I.A’s spokesperson was stated as saying that the claims made by the NFL “lack any basis in law, fact, or logic.”

Not so sure about the law part, but the amount of damages is way off for sure…in the sense that M.I.A most likely can’t pay $16.6 million off.

M.I.A uploaded a video of herself in the past discussing the incident in which she said a colorful statement that won’t be repeated here about the NFL and she claimed that there were more offensive images during the Super Bowl than her flicking her middle finger at the world.

Now that is something I highly doubt!

Considering the middle finger stands for “go to Hell”, I think it’s safe to say that you won the award for most offensive imagery of the 2012 Super Bowl, M.I.A!

So this tweet was sent out on Monday from M.I.A to Madonna:

@madonna ummm ….. can i borrow 16 million ?

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) March 17, 2014

Everyone is saying that it’s a joke, but guys…I think she’s serious!

Her Madgesty has yet to respond publicly about the matter and to be honest with you…

I don’t think she ever will!

M.I.A also had this to say about the NFL, “They want me on my knees and say sorry so they can slap me on my wrists. And basically say it’s okay for me to promote being sexually exploited as a female than to display female empowerment through being punk rock. That is what it boils down to, and I’m being sued for it.”

If you have to publicly flick people off in order to be a punk rocker than I’ll just never be one. I’m sorry M.I.A, but I think your perspective of what the NFL is suing you for is entirely warped!

M.I.A deserves a slap on the wrist alone for disclosing this email on Twitter:

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT ME TO SIGN , THAT IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 2 YEARS ON TOP OF 16 MILLION pic.twitter.com/PMurD3oVFL

— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) March 17, 2014

Let me just say that as a music business professional whether you are on the business side or the creative side of the coin…you don’t do this.

I think it is tacky, distasteful, and bad that M.I.A took a screenshot of her email from the NFL and tweeted it to us. No one needs to see that but you and your lawyer. End of story.

Beyond this lawsuit, I felt bad for M.I.A in the beginning, yet since her behavior is so despicable, I’m feeling less and less sympathetic towards her.

My advice is to keep communicating with the NFL with a strong lawyer by your side and eventually you will come to a settlement less than $16.6 million.

Best of luck to you M.I.A!

I suggest you put your middle finger down, stop Tweeting, and start settling the damages that you caused back in 2012 when you stole Madonna’s thunder at the Super Bowl.

You might want to give Madonna a call to apologize to her too!

Now…Strike a pose…