The past thirty nine years have all had one thing in common, the Super Bowl. This is the National Football League's world championship held in either late January or early February consisting of the two conference champions. Their have been many memorable moments from these games, such as the Lombardi dynasty of Green Bay, then onto the Steelers, San Francisco forty-niners, the Cowboys and to the newest dynasty of the New England Patriots. During these past thirty nine Super Bowls these teams and many other moments have filled our life with highlights and fond memories. The Super Bowl itself is the single greatest sporting event ever but is the game actually the biggest part of the Super Bowl.
In today's modern times the word "Super Bowl" is not only thought of as a championship football game but rather a much larger event featuring television, retailers and companies trying to capture the magic of the Super Bowl. These organizations are all trying to get as much out of the Super Bowl as possible to benefit themselves further. The advertising and the marketing put into the Super Bowl are some of these companies' largest campaigns of the year. The game itself generates money with the league, television networks and gamblers but the amount they generate is not near the amount companies put towards the game. There is a large issue that sparks debate, "is the game more important or the commercials."(Beard) The Super Bowl has become part of American culture and both the game and commercials are important to our modern society.
In an article written by financial times a portion of it is dedicated to showing that a housewife who knows nothing at all about football is just as excited about the Super Bowl as her husband is, who is a large football fan. These contrasts spa ...