Redneck Olympics Can’t Be Olympic
Redneck Olympics organizer Harold Brooks told FoxNews.com he received a telephone call Monday from a paralegal at the USOC warning him to change the name of his event or face a lawsuit. The redneck games in Maine last weekend included bobbing for pigs' feet, toilet-seat horseshoes, lawn mower races, a mud run and pie-eating contest. About 2,580 people attended the event in Hebron, a town with fewer than 1,000 residents, Brooks said.
"It's a word that was used by the ancient Greeks," Brooks said. "This is just a bunch of rich people looking out for other rich people. It's sickening that if you own a lot of money, you can own everything -- even a word. As far as government goes, I think they have bigger problems than restricting the use of the word that wasn’t even made up here in the United States," he said. "We’re not going to drop it."
USOC spokesman Mark Jones told FoxNews.com on Wednesday that the word "Olympics" is the property of the USOC. He explained that the committee has exclusive rights to the name under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1978. More here. PHOTO Sun Journal/Jose Leiva.
Any chance of confusing rednecks with world class athletes? Isn't this a little overboard?
