We can now fast-forward through commercials, black out banner ads and I suppose close our eyes when we drive past billboards (not recommended), and as such, companies are desperately trying to think of new ways to force feed us advertisements.

FORBES: Sony Files Patent that Would Pause Games to Show Ads

If football coaches such as the legendary Lou Holtz (formerly of Arkansas and Notre Dame fame, now at the University of South Carolina) announce that they cannot recruit good black athletes because of the stigma of the flag, that banner could soon come fluttering down.

ECONOMIST: South Carolina