Super Bowl Reading Response

I read the article on the media and the Super Bowl. Never have I seen someone that was so upset by such a beautiful thing. The Super Bowl is a one of America's greatest sporting events, an event that brings friends and family together to watch a match between the year’s arguably two greatest professional football teams. The author calls out the Super Bowl as the biggest media event of the year which is blatantly apparent. The author’s over analysis of the event is what lost me. Because of the events immense popularity, the media has taken advantage of this to hit as many potential customers as possible. As a result, the expenses the businesses must pay to be apart of this media festival are very great. The author criticizes the Super Bowl saying only a select few get to photograph the event. This is the simple principal of supply and demand. If every mediocre photographer could be there taking pictures, there would be no room for the players to play the game. Its funny to see that the less privileged are always the ones complaining. The author states that she is an outsider because of her limited view on the event and the fact that she is a woman. I find this to be unacceptable and ignorant. Though it true that there are more male football fans than female, I know many females that are die hard football fans that can not only keep up with the game but comprehend it as well. I believe that her limited knowledge of the game is what gives her a cloudy view of the event itself. Her views do raise a good point however. There are more and more people watching the Super Bowl not for the game itself, but for the ads displayed between game time. I believe the true meaning of the event has been obscured through out the years but the true fans watch it for what it really is; a game between two great football teams to determine who has had the most luck, and worked the hardest throughout the year to call themselves the Super Bowl champions.