I grew up in North Carolina, so I may be a touch biased. In the public schools, our teachers would bring in small TVs during the ACC tourney and leave it on all day with the sound off. I did ok in school, got into a couple decent colleges, and turned out more or less ok. It's a minor thing. Why try to take every bit of joy out of work? Americans already work more than other western countries with less days off. Let people have a little fun. The short answer to your question, as you can probably guess, is that we aren't going to worry about it at my company. Oh, and go Irish!