The Impact of the Super Bowl on American Culture

The Super Bowl has gone from being more than just an NFL championship game and has evolved into a cultural phenomenon drawing in over 100 million viewers every year. According to Sports Media Watch, 111.3 million people viewed the 2017 Super Bowl, and 103.39 million people watched in 2018. Seton Hall Associate Sports Management professor…

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The History of Super Bowl Commercials

Beginning in the late 1970s — when Super Bowl advertisements cost only about $80,000 for a 30-second clip, to 2019 where ads ballooned to $5.2 million — the interest of the millions of viewers from around the world is piqued when tuning in to each break in the action of the most watched sporting event…

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NFL Awards Predictions

Before the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams face off in the 53rd annual Super Bowl, the National Football League continues their tradition of honoring the best players, performances and plays of the 2018 season in the NFL Honors Award ceremony on Saturday at 9:00 p.m. The award ceremony, hosted this year at Atlanta’s…

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NFL’s Referee Controversy is Not a New Problem

January 20, 2019: a day that will forever be remembered by New Orleans Saints fans, and not by their choosing. “I didn’t come out of my room, ate Jeni’s ice cream and watched Netflix,” coach Sean Payton said of his post-game activities after their devastating and highly controversial loss to the Rams in the NFC…

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