Is the Superbowl worth the hype?

[Deleric]

Oh cmon, you guys don't like football? In my experience it's interesting on the outside, to say the least.

2 Sides. The AFC and the NFC. Each side has there own teams, who fight it out in their own divisions (North, South, East, West) until the last 12 remain, and they enter the playoffs. 4 Division champions and 2 wild cards. Then those sets of 6 will fight for the AFC/NFC championships, and the AFC and NFC champion teams will duke it out at the Super Bowl.

For me it's just really fun watching that go down. BTW SAINTS ARE GONNA WIN.

 

[Mercurio128]

I quite like watching the superbowl but the one thing that really grates is the way they keep referring to it as the most important sporting event in the world, or that the 'eyes of the world' are on the teams. I'm sorry to pierce the veil of patriotism here but this is only really important to people in North America. The biggest sporting event in the world is the World Cup. Most of the world is only aware of the superbowl because US TV shows mention it every now and again.

 

[AC Medina]

No, but only because the hype is unbelievably out of proportion. Nothing short of a threesome with (insert your two favorite celebrities here) would be worth that kind of hype.

But it should still be a great football game...so there.

 

[Hiphophippo]

I don't really care for the game, but I do enjoy going to a friends house, eating bar food and rooting for the team they want to lose.

 

[dodo1331]

Ugh I hate it. Just a game in which over paid people smack into people for a couple hours. Isn't more fun to play the game then to watch it?

It's part of being a part of something. If your team gets into the Superbowl, it's pretty awesome since all of America watches it.

But that's the thing. It's not my team. I don't have any control over it, and it's not like they force all the players to be from the state the team is on. See? I can understand somepeople like sports but I don't know why everyone has to watch it. Like the OP I'd rather be gaming

I'm not sure why SO many people watch the Superbowl. 90% of the girls I know don't care about football and 50% of the guys I know don't either, but they're extremely excited about the Superbowl. Maybe the commercials?

Yea cause I'm pretty sure the numbers are that high...quit over reacting

It's true. I'm not overreacting, the guys who don't care about NFL care about college sports or some other professional sport. And the girls are, well.. Girls.

 

[cheese_wizington]

Replace superbowl with the Stanley Cup and you have me and my cousin.

It's important, if you say it isn't I will hit you with a hockey stick.

The Stanley Cup is not important.

OT: I don't really care much for the Sports, more the adverts.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

I never cared for football, and I'm working tonight anyway. Actually, never cared for most sports. I only watch them twice a year on TV: Summer X-Games and Winter X-Games.

 

[Maniac536]

No. If you want an example of real super bowl without hype, watch the film of the first one. The place was freaking empty.

(update) I say film becuase I'm about 99 percent sure the first superbowl was shot on film. It's quality is actually pretty good for a film from that time, sure beats the crap out of what it would've looked like if it was shot on video.

 

[mrhappyface]

it seems very strange to me for people to huddle around the TV and cheer on a team with various team merchandise and enough fast food to feed about 20 normal meals.

You're so cool and above the fray. How can I be more like you?

People have been congregating to watch and enjoy sporting competitions since at least ancient Greece. The most popular sporting events were often associated with feasts and holidays where people stuffed their faces while the athletes smashed each other's. The vast majority of the people who observed these competitions throughout history were not particularly athletic themselves.

The Superbowl is the championship of the most prestigious league of the richest country in the world's most popular sport. Questioning people's interest in it should be reserved for people outside the U.S. (where the sport isn't popular) and the stupid (who don't understand sociology, anthropology, cultural norms, crayons, boxes, LEGOs, etc.). If you are not a member of one of these two groups, you are allowed to be uninterested, but you are not allowed to think it's an oddity. It is the opposite of strange. This is exactly how humans have been behaving for thousand of years.

I just find it strange why people who never played the sport (or tried, and failed miserably) would go out of there way to watch every game, buy merchandise, and study the team roster so they know the stats better than the managers. Most people don't stay interested about stuff they're not good at, they move on and find something they're good at.

 

[A random person]

I'm a South Carolinian, I'm obliged to give some degree of a crap about football.

So yes, I do rather enjoy it, both for the game (I also appreciated XLII on a genre savvy level) and the ads. The food's a pretty big bonus, too.

 

[Plurralbles]

it's not about playing. Drr.

But anyway, i don't know. People watch it for different reasons.
Sometiems it's for the commercials
Otehrs it's just because of the comraderie created while watching.
others enjoy the drama of the big game.
Others like the food
Others want to see the statistically best teams go head to head and see excellently played football played at the peak of mens' physical attributes.
Others just don't want to break from tradition.

I dont' see hwo this is so hard to grasp. Peopel watch it for different reasons. You could be less condescending. Just a tad.

 

[park92]

its a cultural event and football is very very popular in the southern part of america and america in general but especially southern part of america

 

[rstank77]

Replace superbowl with the Stanley Cup and you have me and my cousin.

It's important, if you say it isn't I will hit you with a hockey stick.

god i can't agree with you more. i'm thinking the capitals penguins game is more important today


go caps!

 

[UltraParanoia]

Replace superbowl with the Stanley Cup and you have me and my cousin.

It's important, if you say it isn't I will hit you with a hockey stick.

god i can't agree with you more. i'm thinking the capitals penguins game is more important today


go caps!

Fuck yes!

My cousin was at the game, I almost got to go but the guy he was originally taking cleared up his schedule.

5-4 Caps, makes my day to see Crosbys sad little babyface.

The Stanley Cup is not important.

You'll get yours, oh yes.>:|

 

[Amberella]

Nope, it's not. Mainly because the Steelers aren't in it. Lol.

 

[kelwina]

Two words:
The Who.
Course it's worth watching!

 

[MR T3D]

its the [HEADING=1]SUPER BOWL[/HEADING] it's worth the hype.

 

[Jazoni89]

Did you see that tremendious display last night? ref was a right ol wanker.. oh your american so you must mean rugby with jockstraps and pansy shinpads, that football.