There's a scene in Brokeback Mountain that revolves around the characters watching football on television on Thanksgiving. The NFL refused to allow its footage to be used in the scene, so it's a CFL game on the family set. A producer of Brokeback Mountain has implied that the NFL wouldn't allow its footage to be used because the movie is about a gay relationship. The NFL says that had nothing to do with it. From Outsports:
"We do not want to be associated with this scene for a variety of reasons which should be readily apparent," the NFL said in its letter of rejection. "First, we do not want the viewing of our games to be portrayed negatively as it is in this scene. In essence, it is the focal point of a curse-ladened confrontation between a character and his father-in-law in which the character threatens to 'knock [his] arrogant ass into next week.'
"Second, we do not appreciate the implication of the statement, 'You want your son to grow up to be a man, don’t you daughter? ... Boys should watch football.' We believe that the view that a boy who does not watch football will somehow grow up to be less than a man is narrow-minded and derogatory; we presume it is in the script for that very reason. We choose not to license our footage to be used as a vehicle to illustrate such a point."
Hat tip: Deadspin.com