Son of the ‘Voice of God’ Records Victory Against NFL

A magistrate judge from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has found that an alleged documentary about a popular video game, which was produced by the NFL and its subsidiaries, constituted an unauthorized use of name or likeness under 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 8316, and Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) of the famed NFL narrator John Facenda.   The son of Facenda, whose voice became synonymous with NFL Films’ productions until his death in 1984, showed that the film about the