Monday, January 24, 2011

Super Bowl teams decided

Sunday afternoons are MY time, to get my blood pressure up while I yell and exhale for every missed catch and great interception which results in a touchdown. Yeah, I am a Sunday football Dad. I love it. And the owners know all about guys like me. That is why there are more games and a stretched season.
Football has evolved SO much since it first was televised. Passing basketball and baseball in popularity and attendance, football owners have almost priced the seats out of the budget of the average people and become a corporate sport. Basketball and baseball are learning to do the same.
When football started to be publicly viewed, it was not on TV, there was no beer served, usually played in public facilities like a fairgrounds or parks. The game was not frequently viewed by females and little padding was worn by the players. What a difference from today.
On February 6th in Dallas Texas, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers will determine who emerges the World Champions... after four hours of discussing the game strategies, one hour of Puppy Bowl, two hours of interviews and more strategy discussion, two and a half hours of actual playing football and two more hours of post game discussion. Not to mention the multi-billion dollar commercials, which next to the actual game, are the best part. They are even previewing those too. That pretty much sucks-up all of the daylight here in Arizona, or anywhere else too.
But, back to the teams. Neither team had a WINNING season. Who were those teams? Oh yeah...New England and Atlanta...remember them? The two MOST WINNING teams are NOT in the Super Bowl! Does that sound right? But the owners do that are a reason. To stretch the season by having more games... play-off games, so the leaders could possibly get knocked off and a 3rd or 6th seated team could go to the Super Bowl. They know people love to root for the underdogs, and will pay to see them play, or buy a jersey to show their support. I am not condemning commerce, but the rules the owners control all of us addicts. If a team is the top dog all year long, they should get the privilege of play the the Lombardi trophy. Don't you? It's just not right! But what is REALLY no right is the price you pay for a sports ticket. A Super Bowl ticket is in the thousands, plus airfare, hotel and transportation. What factory worker can afford that...thus the TV production of the game and the money made on endorsements.
Well there you go... you have just wasted your last five minutes reading some guy rant and rave over commercialism. I honestly am not against it, just the greed of it which hurts the average family of "being there".
I did go to a Super Bowl once. Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, AZ. I was a driver for some Coors execs. They rented an entire Mexican Restaurant across the street from the stadium. Me and other drivers sat there eating from the free buffet with our feet up, watching the whole game on a big screen TV inside the warm, snug restaurant. The execs sat on hard stadium seats in an usually cold,windy desert day. I walked away with $$$ in my pocket and a full belly. They came back to restaurant to find the food was cold and so were they. Maybe watching the game at home is a better deal. It's free...for now.

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