The Importance Of The Super Bowl

Every February an event is televised in many different countries and watched by millions of people according to Greg Price in the article “How Many Countries Will Watch the Super Bowl?”. Some of these people would consider this show the greatest show on Earth and many companies would consider it the greatest night of television. This is not the circus it is a sporting event featuring two National Football League teams called the Super Bowl. According to Sociology of Sports Module” by Wadsworth this event is watched by people, who don’t normally even watch football, but parties are set up and this event can even become a family ritual (7). When this event is televised the major networks compete to be able to air it on their station. Companies compete and pay large amounts of money to commercial their products. The majority of viewers are average people with average incomes that are far separated from the cash flow of the Super Bowl.

Spending big money on this one game seems to be no problem for the NFL or corporations that sponsor the game itself or spend money on the commercials. The average person who watches the game also spends time preparing for this event but hardly in the same manner. The average person could not even afford to attend this game according to the article “How much is The Cheaptest Ticket to Super Bowl 50?” by Jonathan Adams the cheapest ticket was $3,148. According to, the United States Census Bureau the average household income in 2014 was $53,482 which is the households that view the Super Bowl the most. That is far less than what the average NFL player makes. According to the article, “The NFL is Last Among the Four Major North American Sports in Average Player Salary” by Jason Lisk the average NFL player makes $2.11 million. This is only an average of what these players make. The top players make the most