My apologies to all the clueless fans who thought the Super Bowl was a real game. From a prior post we detailed how much–if not all–sports events are–to use a familiar term–“fixed”. SB LVI was a prime example. Let’s recap. There are four stakeholders in this play. First, the ADVERTISERS, who pay huge bucks for commercial time. They were guaranteed a huge audience for the whole game. Result: game was close, ADVERTISERS win. Second, NETWORKS receive huge profits from satisfying the advertisers. Result: game close, audience watched whole game, NETWORKS win, Third, BOOKIES risk huge amounts on the game. The vast majority of bucks went on the Rams to beat the Bengals by 3.5 points (the “spread”). Surprise–surprise!! The Bengals lost by only 3 points so the bookies won BIG!!! Result; bookies are successful. (Do you recall the bobbled extra point snap by the Rams? That single point won billions of dollars for the bookies. BTW, these two extra point players had not ever missed before; but, in the most important game of their lives, the most amazing thing happened. And you probably thought it was just a fluke.) And finally the FANS. The game was close, no blow out. Result: FANS win. With all this behind-the-scenes coordination it’s amazing how skillfully the game is presented. And you thought the teams preps were extensive. As to halftime, maybe next year they’ll actually have someone who can sing as opposed to rapping (what middle ages monks called “Gregorian chant”) and yellers who can’t carry a tune in a bucket so they simply scream–hoping you’ll be impressed with decibel level instead of vocal quality. And as a final note, Anna Kendrick won as the most popular commercial but–considering her competition–a public service announcement would have been a close second. O well…maybe next year you’ll watch the game with a more intelligent perspective. Watch for the oddities so you can understand what result the money people need to happen.
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