Argumentative Essay On The Super Bowl

Sports are something that everyone in the world, regardless of age, sex, or nationality, can enjoy. Whether it's a child playing in his first t-ball game or a professional athlete swimming in the Olympics and everyone in between, sports can connect almost everyone. Fan support and overall devotion for athletic competition has raised professional athletes to superstars and national icons; Super Bowl Sunday is a national holiday to some, and sports are one of the largest moneymakers in the economy.

There are more than a few reasons people watch the super bowl. Some watch for the game (surprisingly not the majority), some watch for commercials or good deals, etc. Whatever makes people watch, makes the super bowl one of the most watched games every year. I saw a few really good commercials during the game and a few commercials that make me believe that a new generation is upon us with a T-Mobile commercial that used word play to joke about marijuana and other commercials that were very…. Sexy? With all of this being said I am one of the viewers who tune in for the actual game. I was scheduled to work Sunday night during the super bowl so naturally as a football fan I called off so I could catch the game, for homework of course. The game

The author sets the stage of his article by talking about the upcoming Super Bowl. He uses distinct adjectives to create imagery that in turn sets the mood for the rest of the writing. Keating goes on to describe how America is the only country to play football and tells that only the best two teams out of thirty-two play in this Super Bowl for the title of “world champion” (1). Football is described as played on a ninety-one meter field involving “two large teams of large men wearing large amounts of protective padding ...while their opponents attempt to knock them to the ground with maximum force” (Keating 1). While the actual playing time is only about eleven minutes, the game usually lasts as long as three hours. It is usually taken up by many advertising commercials and replays. The author explains that the players begin playing at an early age and work their way up. Women are only seen as cheerleaders and dancers in this masculine dominated sport. In his conclusion, Keating demonstrates how businesses get involved by spending millions of dollars in their hopes to show their latest brands.

The NFL, the governing body and league format for American football is the largest grossing sporting league in the world. The sport symbolises and embodies American culture as it is fast paced, dazzling razzmatazz of a show brought to a conclusion every year by the greatest show on earth, the Super Bowl. The themes explored are going to be America’s issue with race, how the sport has evolved with TV and commercialism linking the sport to capitalism and the free market. And just like the opening a theme will be size, how large everything is about the sport and the country and how it is associated with the US.

American Football is a huge spectator sport where offensive and defensive players will use teamwork and perseverance to try and score more points than their opponent. Football is highly respected in America, where boys will try and pursue the dream of playing in the NFL (National Football Association) someday; but if you look at an average neighborhood, you will find that kids and adults of all ages love to go out and throw around the pigskin. (Lerner and Lerner 275). One thing Americans will take pride in is the college and NFL football teams they root for. People sit down with a beer and talk hours upon hours of football and two individuals can get in a heated discussion in the local sports store of whose sports team is better.

Super Bowl 51 was a hard fought game on both sides. The two teams that competed were the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots. These teams were both top dogs in the regular season and in the playoffs too. Each team had some dog fights in the playoffs, but nothing like this. The score of the game went up and down like a rollercoaster with one exciting event after another. The game was a gripping excitement to the end.

Guess what else is turning 50 this year besides RMS… THE SUPER BOWL!!! Super Bowl 50 will be held in California at the Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers. It will premier on Sunday February 7th 2016. The Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year; the four most-watched broadcasts in U.S. television history are all Super Bowls. The first ever Super Bowl winner in 1966 was the Green Bay Packers against the Kansas City Chiefs! Most football fans love the Super Bowl’s halftime shows. Katy Perry set the stakes extremely high last year. This year’s performers will have a tough time topping her act! This year performing at the halftime show

In America, tens of millions of people watch the sport of football. Many of these viewers tune into the National Football League (professional) or NCAA football (college) every weekend to watch their favorite teams compete for victory. Football has been one of America’s favorite pastimes since the early 20th century, and its popularity has been growing stronger ever since. Everyone from children to the elderly has at one time either played or watched a game of football, and the game has bridged many gaps in American society. Being the most popular sport in America has its flaws, and there have been many questions and concerns when it comes to how fair gloves are in football.

I would add a chart of the amount of immigrants contribute to science. I would add this to show how immigrants help america. compared to what some think. this article is also about how this super bowl ad sparked a debate about immigration. "You have to make sure you're reflecting what is going on in the world today." said Steve Radick said. Adding that chart it would reflect on what is going on in modern science.

[Transition: Football is America’s most popular sport. Some 2.5 million kids play the game. College football brings in more than 3 billion a year; the NFL rakes in more than 9 billion (Shotz).]

According to The History of the Super Bowl, American Football League’s (AFL) merge with the National Football League (NFL) with a bouncy rubber ball was the mother to Super Bowl. In 1966, the NFL and AFL made a merging agreement that led to the creation of the NFL – AFL world championship games. It was during the negotiations between the teams that Lamar Hunt came up with the name Super bowl that he thought would only serve as a stop-gap until he could think of something better. However, the name only became official in the year 1969 after the media and the fans took to it rather than the long one that had been proposed to be the official name previously.

As Super Bowl LI was here and now its gone in the blink of an eye my Guide to Super Bowl LI for the Novice Viewer should be able to tell you everything that happened leading up to the big game and everything else that happened during and after Super Bowl 51 through articles from the New York Times. It is also intended to educate the fans that do not pay as much attention to the Super Bowl either because their team did not make it or maybe they missed the Super Bowl because of any kind of reason. My intended audience is a novice viewer and your average NFL fan that only pays attention to his or her team and stops watching when their team does not make the playoffs or loses in the playoffs.

American football, a sport where thousands of people gather to watch 22 men out on a field to play a tough, physical game that requires power, strength, speed, and collisions only a football player can survive. Rain or shine, hail or sleet, day or night there will be a game. No matter what mother nature decides football players will be out on that field playing the sport they love and fans will have the excitement as a dog has for its owner when returns home. Football is easily the only sport that can grab your attention for the entire three hours of the game. Weather it is a play that was played, a call that a ref made, the half time show, or even the commercials that are shown it will always have your attention. Football has even

Now, it is not unusual for certain countries to hold an association with a certain sport. Brazil, most notably, loves its soccer. New Zealanders love rugby, and Canadians love hockey. These associations make sense, and sports provide for many positive cultural pillars that exist across the world today. At a base level, the NFL does that for Americans as well. It provides an opportunity for families to get together on Sundays, or for old friends to get together at the bar, or for a great way to wrap up a Thanksgiving meal (2013’s Thanksgiving Day game was the most highly viewed show of the fall) (Bibel). However, when analyzed at a deeper level, more alarming observations can be made. For instance,

“But I haven’t met a player or a coach whose goal isn’t to win the Super Bowl,” Pete Rozelle states. The Super Bowl, with an audience reaching to approximately one hundred and thirty Americans, continues to one of the most populated United States television broadcast (New England). The Super Bowl is the National Football League (NFL) American football competition where thirty-two teams compete for the championship in February. There is a total of twelve teams that have the chance to be in the playoffs for the Super Bowl. By situating the Super Bowl as a social drama, one can better understand how the celebration functions as a performance with economic, emotional, and religious impact.