It More Than Just A Game
Does anyone care for Sunday night football? This is not just any Sunday night NFL game, but the biggest
sporting event in the world that 151 million people will watch in 232 different countries. (“By the
Numbers”). Welcome to the Super Bowl. The huge night that everyone looks forward to is a “billion-
dollar economic engine that is bigger than the Gross Domestic Product of many nations” (John 3).
Although the Super Bowl is only played once a year, it is the biggest, most-widely known game in
American history and the most-widely viewed television spectacle in the world.
It all started in 1920 with the fourteen-league American Professional Football Association. The league
broke into two competing rivals, the National Football League and the American Football League. The
NFL conquered the sport until the 1960s when a new, more dominant and competitive AFL formed.
Because of this new spark, many fans converted to supporting and cheering for the AFL teams (“NFL
Super Bowl”). The tension grew between the two leagues, and there were many disagreements about

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- Summer '16
- Lindsey Seabolt
- Economics, Super Bowl, Vince Lombardi