The spectacle that we call the Super Bowl is nonetheless amazing to the senses; not only the eyes, but the heart. The money making super giant that is the NFL, continually surprises, amazes and ultimately disappoints us in ways we forget, year after year. In this discussion, football shall be a focal point, but not the main topic. Our topic concerns something much larger than football (Huh? Gasp! Couldn’t be!), a topic that is intertwined with everything and anything we do; the sociology of our world and sports culture in general. The Super Bowl is one of the largest sporting events in the world. Held on generally on one of the first Sundays in February each year, the Super Bowl has become a borderline holiday for football and general sports fans alike. The only thing football competes with on
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I’m a poster child for not getting a scholarship for diversity. Point aside, I have never been discriminated, or alienated since I am a white male. Technically speaking, I’m top of the food chain. However, if I was a female, I’d be insulted by the NFL. The LFL, the Lingerie Football League or the more appropriate term of Ladies Football League, would insult and disgust me. The idea of having a female coach or official would be interesting at first, but to make a rule that states a female must be interviewed for a job? It shouldn’t matter on gender but qualifications. Gender has an unfair role in professional sports. Women are used as sideline reporters and photographers, and only given a few minutes of attention per game. Why do we never see women in the booth for the whole game as a commentator? I understand that women’s sports should be commented on by former women’s players and coaches but the money that isn’t surrounded with that job is amazingly disparaging financially. I don’t have trouble seeing their views, but society would make it tough to uphold those views, especially in the position I’m
I’m a poster child for not getting a scholarship for diversity. Point aside, I have never been discriminated, or alienated since I am a white male. Technically speaking, I’m top of the food chain. However, if I was a female, I’d be insulted by the NFL. The LFL, the Lingerie Football League or the more appropriate term of Ladies Football League, would insult and disgust me. The idea of having a female coach or official would be interesting at first, but to make a rule that states a female must be interviewed for a job? It shouldn’t matter on gender but qualifications. Gender has an unfair role in professional sports. Women are used as sideline reporters and photographers, and only given a few minutes of attention per game. Why do we never see women in the booth for the whole game as a commentator? I understand that women’s sports should be commented on by former women’s players and coaches but the money that isn’t surrounded with that job is amazingly disparaging financially. I don’t have trouble seeing their views, but society would make it tough to uphold those views, especially in the position I’m