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LMAO! And I like the way you ignore what I have actually said.
Just play the game
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LMAO! And I like the way you ignore what I have actually said.
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You are still selectively quoting. Most of my posts were concerning you wanting the owners to bypass profits and cater to the "regular guy" fans.
I understand that you think you are protesting to protect the underdog and the downtrodden. But pic an area in which they are really downtrodden.
Then your "let them eat cake" line might actually have some meaning.
And its funny how you went from "The NFL has turned a damn football game into some form of tawdry decadence." to talking about the season ticket holders getting first dibs on tickets to the Super Bowl. Won't the "tawdry decadence" corrupt the purity of the "regular guys"?
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NO...I never said anything about a discount price for tickets...YOU DID.
I SAID I am for rewarding loyalty...the season ticket holders who supported the team through good & bad deserved first dibs on SB tickets.
My original comment had to do with how a football game has been changed into something resembling the Oscars. A game that takes 3 hours to play during the regular season with a LOT of commercial breaks, now takes over 4 hours to play. That is a HUGE difference. If you are a true football fan, that HAS to effect the flow, momentum and outcome of some Super Bowls.
I was also disturbed by the promos for upcoming movies. It seemed all the movies being promoted were Armageddon like hybrids of killing, maiming video games.
I am not alone, I saw this article this morning...
The Super Bowl's bloated, chaotic spectacle
Politics, advertising, Hollywood and -- finally -- sports meld into a giant, toxic stew
Every January, the president gives a State of the Union address, and a few weeks later, network TV follows, quite accidentally, with its own equivalent: the Super Bowl. In a culturally and politically fragmented culture, it's the biggest (and maybe only) remaining example of true broadcasting, a televised event whose appeal cuts across geographical, political and class lines and that a solid majority of the country watches, discusses and (most important) participates in emotionally. And if you look at the entire evening -- the game itself, the play-by-play commentary, the network promos, and most important, the ads -- you get what always seems, with hindsight, like a Rorschach of the country's psychological state, even if it looks like just another bloated and chaotic TV event while you're watching it. It's a sporting event, but just barely; last night's squeaker of a game, which saw the mostly dominant Green Bay Packers successfully fight off a fourth-quarter rally by the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 31-25 win -- ran over four hours, and most of that was hype, ads and the halftime show.
But nobody parses the timeline that way -- not anymore. We all accept the Super Bowl as less of a game than a pop culture nexus point -- a place where the American self-image asserts itself with familiar rituals (the coin toss attended by past NFL legends, the military jet flyover, the performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" and/or other patriotic favorites) while cautiously acknowledging the present and looking to the future. The Super Bowl's expansive and awkward mix of performers, images, products and messages is a spectacle of its own. Advertising wiz Jerry Della Femina once said, "If politicians have Election Day and Hollywood has the Oscars, advertising has the Super Bowl."
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Imagine showing previews for violent video games at something as peaceful as a football game. lol
The average ticket price for the game varied between $3k and $7k, depending on who is reporting it. You want to make sure the season ticket holders get their tickets?
As for the article, when I read the line "It's a sporting event, but just barely; last night's squeaker of a game, which saw the mostly dominant Green Bay Packers successfully fight off a fourth-quarter rally by the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 31-25 win -- ran over four hours, and most of that was hype, ads and the halftime show.", I know it was a bullshit article.
According to the author of the article, the game would have only run 2hrs without all the hoopla.
Why would you want to make it shorter? All the celebration and hype surrounding the game is part of the festivities of the game. Every college game I have ever been to had people starting their tailgating hours before the game. For the Iron Bowl, the hype and festivities start days in advance. For a Super Bowl Party (how most people probably watched the game), the 4 hours is too short.
The bottom line is, its a game. It is entertainment. It is a business and a sport, but the bottom line is that it is a game.