What
will Peyton Manning's legacy be? Is Rex Grossman the worst
quarterback in Super Bowl History? Now that we have our first and
second African-American head coaches in the Super Bowl, who will be the
first to win it? The storylines for this year's Super Bowl are
endless, if you're buying what the media is selling.
Sometimes with all the hype and fan fare surrounding the Super Bowl it
seems the real focus of Super Sunday is lost. This is after all,
just a football game isn't it? With companies lining up to spend
millions for thirty seconds of airtime, individuals paying literally
thousands of dollars just to attend, and the mass amounts of media
coverage the game gets, I'm beginning to wander if its about football
at all.
I understand that it is the job of those in the media to write these
columns and dig up stories to talk about on talk shows, but hasn't it
gone a little overboard? Who knows if Rex is the worst QB in
Super Bowl history he hasn't even played the game yet. And Peyton
Manning is already one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the
game. Losing the Super Bowl, and never making it back won't
change the fact that he will be in the Hall of Fame. Why does
winning this game validate any individual player's career when
football, more than any other sport relies on the team?
ESPN.com has a poll asking viewers if Super Bowl Sunday should be a
national holiday. Right now 56% say yes! That ranks the
Super Bowl with Christmas, Thanksgiving, and the Fourth of July.
What does that say about our country, and the values and beliefs of
those living in it? I guess it says that we really like our
football.
Don't get me wrong, I'm just as big a fan as anyone else. And to
my other point about the media, well look who's talking. The
Super Bowl is the biggest game of the most popular sport in the
country. I don't think there is anything wrong with the media
covering it, and there certainly is nothing wrong with fans celebrating
the occasion. I just think some take it too far. Is the
Super Bowl a national holiday? I think not. Will I spend
thousands of dollars to attend one game? No. Is it a reason
to throw a party, and maybe go into work a little late on Monday?
Absolutely!
