There are a number of companies that will not be running their Super Bowl advertisements because they feel that during times of economic uncertainty, it wouldn’t send the right message. Bull hockey. If we were concerned about any sort of message other than who’s going to take home the ring, we wouldn’t be watching football!
Whether you’re betting in online sportsbooks or looking to rub it in your friend’s face when you’re team wins, you watch the Super Bowl because…you like football! AND! The commercials! The commercials have become just as much of a national pastime as their counterpart. From Mean Joe to a wardrobe malfunction, these commercials are a piece of pop culture.
I would like to think that watching the big game, I could get away from the current state of the world for a little while. I don’t want to think about foreclosures or poverty or dying soldiers. I want to think about the money I STAND to make when I bet on sports! I want to think about something innocent and happy and fun and traditional!
And as such, I don’t need no stinkin’ commercials making me feel sad or guilty about the economy! I want laughter and joy and beer and half-naked MEN for a change! This is the only time of the year where television viewers actually WANT to watch commercials and waste nearly an hour of their life doing so! Make it count, people!
I think perhaps the reason that there are going to be so few commercials this year is because for one, they jacked the price up a full million per 30-second ad. I think big name corporations that can’t afford this don’t want to lose their image and so they blame it on the economy – in the viewer’s interest.
There are also adverts like GoDaddy’s that get banned because they refer to a woman’s vagina. Ahhh, nothing says domain names like female genitalia.