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Post by LastCall on Aug 20, 2014 11:34:13 GMT -5
Could surely be done in a huddle during one of the 300 times an American football game stops for commercial breaks. That's usually for what's going on on the field at that very moment. I'm talking about overall strategy. Like whether to stick with the same game plan, or to try something different based on what they saw the other team doing in the first half.
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Post by willywonka666 on Aug 20, 2014 19:56:50 GMT -5
It's in no way bigger than the game itself. They could put literally anything in that spot: a marching band, a magician, a mic-ed up Casio in a chair, and people would watch because it's the Superbowl and they're already watching. That said, it's a dumb move; but it's certainly not cuz they're hurting for money. I don't think there's really THAT many football fans out there, frankly I think a lot of the audience are casual fans that are watching because they think everyone is
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 20:13:24 GMT -5
Could surely be done in a huddle during one of the 300 times an American football game stops for commercial breaks. That's usually for what's going on on the field at that very moment. I'm talking about overall strategy. Like whether to stick with the same game plan, or to try something different based on what they saw the other team doing in the first half. The problem is you're essentially talking to a brick wall. Those posts amount to "American football has too many timeouts/stoppages" and that's it. I admire your effort though and I say that as a huge fan of the NFL.
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Post by Waffel113 on Aug 20, 2014 20:45:08 GMT -5
Coldplay sounds like one of the most boring halftime shows I could possibly imagine. Look I like Coldplay and all (Lost? is one of my favorite songs), and even I think putting them at halftime is a recipe for disaster. Like "Elvis Impersonating Magician" disaster.
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Post by Nikki Heyman on Aug 20, 2014 21:17:53 GMT -5
Doesn't the NFL have enough money?
They should be paying ME to watch!
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Aug 20, 2014 21:20:45 GMT -5
Aside from Bruno Mars last year, the Halftime show has been compete ass for quite a while.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Aug 20, 2014 21:31:36 GMT -5
I wanna see casio set up in a chair now.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Aug 20, 2014 21:41:08 GMT -5
It's in no way bigger than the game itself. They could put literally anything in that spot: a marching band, a magician, a mic-ed up Casio in a chair, and people would watch because it's the Superbowl and they're already watching. That said, it's a dumb move; but it's certainly not cuz they're hurting for money. I don't think there's really THAT many football fans out there, frankly I think a lot of the audience are casual fans that are watching because they think everyone is That's true. But again, it wouldn't matter what they had at halftime, or WHY the people are watching. They're watching.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Aug 20, 2014 21:54:34 GMT -5
On one hand, I hate the halftime show and I hope this kills it off but on the other, I can see this just making it worse as any act that would at least be decent won't do it leaving only the worst willing.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Aug 20, 2014 21:58:13 GMT -5
Lord knows the networks and/or the NFL need the money. Pro football is struggling so much right now that I don't blame them for selling out the Halftime Show to the highest bidder.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 22:09:39 GMT -5
Dumb idea, but even dumber if artists/record companies actually pay up. Same reason other sports have a halftime. So that teams can retool their strategies. It isn't just about resting players. Could surely be done in a huddle during one of the 300 times an American football game stops for commercial breaks. No, no it can't. You haven't really talked to someone who coaches American football, have you? It's a very strategic sport. There's exponentially more strategy involved than in Association football, due to the number of positions, types of formations, plays per formation, and sheer amount of substitutions. Every single play revolves around those things. Halftime is long and drawn out because it's when coaches make adjustments. Not just the head coaches; the coaches for the offense and defense, and their subordinate coaches for each position. Football at the professional level has an extremely bureaucratized coaching structure in order to maximize the number of employed strategies--and lengthy amounts of break time reflect that. That doesn't mean you have to like it, but football in America is a thinking person's game. Don't let the casual fans or the dumb drunks fool you.
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Post by Cela on Aug 21, 2014 3:47:31 GMT -5
This is just diabolical.
This tax free non-profit company that takes significant taxpayer income to renovate stadiums yet charges hundreds of dollars for nosebleed seats has the balls to ask the A-list musical groups that always play FOR FREE to pay for the honor of playing for them.
Stay classy NFL. You greedy robber barons.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Aug 21, 2014 3:52:04 GMT -5
Well good luck finding some musical act dumb enough to do that.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Aug 21, 2014 3:55:53 GMT -5
Well good luck finding some musical act dumb enough to do that. *reserves this post for when we find some musical act dumb enough to do that, because let's be honest... there's going to be one*
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Aug 21, 2014 4:29:49 GMT -5
What's the point of even having half time in an American football game anyway? There are so many stoppages, they may as well just continue to play until the end. Hey!!! They play hard for 12 seconds at a time. Plus, bang your skull against a 300 pound dude for a while and see what happens. Football would be a decent game if it weren't so f***ing slow.
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Post by salz4life on Aug 21, 2014 8:38:18 GMT -5
It's in no way bigger than the game itself. They could put literally anything in that spot: a marching band, a magician, a mic-ed up Casio in a chair, and people would watch because it's the Superbowl and they're already watching. That said, it's a dumb move; but it's certainly not cuz they're hurting for money. I don't think there's really THAT many football fans out there, frankly I think a lot of the audience are casual fans that are watching because they think everyone is Agreed.... unless the Bears are in the Super Bowl, I could give two s***s about the game. I usually use that time to catch up on stuff on my DVR.
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Post by salsashark on Aug 21, 2014 8:49:36 GMT -5
This is one of the most depressing things I have read in the past year, and I'm not even a musician. NBA notwithstanding, I don't follow any major sports leagues, but this is just pathetic. Genuinely deplorable. I don't care how much the league is suffering, but its athletes are still millionaires and it is responsible for the biggest American telecast of the year. It should be paying its artist something (I am amazed it doesn't), and even if not that, it should not ask artists to pay to play. What bullshit. The Super Bowl is the absolute pinnacle of American overcommercialization and big money trading hands for the sake of hype and consumerism, and the NFL has the balls to ask musicians to pay to perform. Blows the mind and shows just how little the league -- and pretty much all of America in general -- regards the real value of musicians, the upsides of all this exposure aside. "WE MUST HAVE MORE MONEY!!!! f*** ANY STAB AT A FAIR SYSTEM!!! AMERICA RULES!!!!" Reminds of this other joke of a story involving a company with $$$ to throw around: labor411.org/index.php/411-blog/585-showtime-asks-for-free-labor-and-gets-the-awesome-response-it-deserves
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 9:09:02 GMT -5
What's the point of even having half time in an American football game anyway? There are so many stoppages, they may as well just continue to play until the end. Hey!!! They play hard for 12 seconds at a time. Plus, bang your skull against a 300 pound dude for a while and see what happens. Football would be a decent game if it weren't so f***ing slow. I will never understand this line of thinking because footie is a really slow sport too. It's like trench warfare--carefully and deliberately trying to wear the other team down, charge in to score but ultimately it doesn't usually work and the two teams are back to the game status quo. American Football is like Medieval warfare, a series of very short decisive battles. People line up in formation and the heaviest, strongest people on the field charge into each other. Just like a real battle from that era, plays are decided as soon as part of one of the formations breaks. Sometimes they cut their losses (a 3 yard gain) and sometimes it ends up being a massive rout (defense lets a guy get a 60 yard touchdown reception).
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Aug 21, 2014 10:43:41 GMT -5
I hope no one takes the NFL up on this offer and the halftime show is just thirty awkward minutes of ambient noise from the stadium bookended by game analysis from that network's group of talking heads.
Well, nice to see that Payola is alive and well in the twenty-first century!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 10:53:33 GMT -5
Not only can they, but I can guarantee there'll be acts who take them up on this in a heart beat.
I don't watch the Superbowl or the halftime show, but even I know that spot is like the damn Park Place/Boardwalk with 6 hotels of advertising spots.
Companies pay to have their ads in the stadium and 'sponsors' of the half time show - this is just a natural extension of that. The NFL is a business first so I'd bet my pinkie that this has been happening under the table for years already.
Most big-name musical acts are brands that just want exposure so I'm sure some label will fork over keesh to have their mid-level act on the half time show.
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