The tape needs to go to Sotheby's along with the player.

The NFL has no right to it. The NFL is trying to manipulate the political environment regarding the tape. The NFL was given the first no. It is time to let the tape become part of history and Troy Haupt rewarded for his dedication to the professional football player.

I hope Mr. Haupt has put the tape in a bank safe deposit box.

Everyone knows any claim by publishers/networks to public information ends within ten years. There is absolutely no reason why he can't sell his tape and player to the highest bidder. 

We live in the world of the instant message. A fan can sit in a seat at an NFL game and send video recordings to social networks within seconds. The NFL's claim to the tape is wrong and completely expired by any law governing a broadcast.

February 2, 2016
By Richard Sandomir

Manteo, NC  — Troy Haupt (click here) is a 47-year-old nurse anesthetist here in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. He has a secret to reveal about Super BowlI: He owns the only known recording of its broadcast.

CBS and NBC, which televised the game, did not preserve any tapes. But the copy that Haupt owns — of a broadcast that launched the Super Bowl as an enormous shared spectacle that attracts more than 100 million viewers — might never be seen on any network. The N.F.L. does not want to buy the tapes and has warned Haupt not to sell them to outside parties or else the league will pursue legal action.

Unless the league and Haupt make a deal to resolve the financial differences that have privately divided them since 2005, the tapes will stay in storage in a former mine in upstate New York.

“This year had to be the year, with all the hype of Super Bowl 50,” Haupt said....