Football Shenanigans

So another football season has ended and we can all breathe a sigh of relief.

I am a football fan, but I have become increasingly annoyed by the Superbowl Super Show.  Really.  It's just plain annoying.


During any other game, the half time is 15 minutes.  Players are used to this break.  They enter the locker room and do whatever it is that goes on in there.  Regardless of if it's a pre season game or a play off game, the duration of half time is the same.  But during the super bowl, the half time show is 30 minutes long.  This must affect the pace of the game and the way the players get themselves ready.  The super bowl is the culmination of a dream for these players and it seems unfair to change the game for entertainment -- the game itself is entertaining.

Why is the Super bowl half time so long?  To allow for the Super stars to do their Super silliness. The pyrotechnics are stunning.  Then, the athletes come back on the field in an arena full of smoke.  Where is the sense in this?????  This year we had the added burden of a power outage (some say it's because of the half time show) that put the game on hold for an additional 30 minutes.  After the long half time and the power outage, the team that was getting its butt kicked was able to stage a comeback.  If they had been able to pull off the win, could we all really believe the extra time allotment hadn't been the reason?

The super bowl is still a game and should be presented as any other.  I am not alone.  Others are having a discussion about deleting the super half time show.  I say, thank goodness.  The super bowl is about the sport of football.  Let the Pro bowl, the game where the players bask in the glory of their super stardom, host the football shenanigans while the super bowl presents the best teams playing the game we fans enjoy.