There is always something
significant that happens each and every day. Some have been tragic, while
others have been purely blissful. This blog that I am going to be writing for a
couple months now is not going to be your normal blog that talks about historical
events that everyone knows about. I am going to try and find different events
that have happened that many people may not know themselves. Some may be
shocking while other may be trivial.
The event that I will be
talking about this week is an event that many men, and some women, are very
thankful for. On January 15, 1967, the first ever Super Bowl was held. It was
held at the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was the Green Bay Packers against the
Kansas City Chiefs.
After the creation of the
American Football League (AFL), there was a lot of competition between their
fans and the fans of the National Football League (NFL). There was a lot of
talk with each other which started the rumor of them coming together for one
game to play. The winner of the game would be known as “the world champion of
football.”
The game started with the
Chiefs in the lead 0 – 10. During the second half, the Packers came back with
an incredible three touch downs and made the score 35 – 10. The Packers were
led by MVP quarterback Bart Starr. The team also benefited from players like
Max McGee and Willie Wood, both being wide receivers. Because they won, each
team member received $15,000. That is the largest single-game share in the
history of sports.
The name came from
postseason college football games, which were called “bowls.” The AFL founder,
Lamar Hunt, is the one that suggested the new “world champion of football” game
be called the Super Bowl. It was officially placed as that title in 1969, as
well as the roman numerals next to it to identify the game.
During 1970, the AFL and the
NFL became one league but with two different conferences. The two different
conferences are known as the American Football Conference and the National
football conference, each one having thirteen teams. Ever since the two
conferences have been created, the Super Bowl has been a face-off between the
two best teams in them. Every team wants the coveted Vince Lombardi trophy,
which was named after the Green Bay Packers coach that led his team to victory
in the first, and second, Super Bowl.
The creation of “Super Bowl
Sunday” has basically become an unofficial holiday for the everyday American.
It has started a trend of huge parties. The TV station that airs the game earns
a huge profit from willing companies who would like to have their commercials
aired during the breaks. On average, a thirty second advertisement during the
Super Bowl costs the company anywhere from 3.5 million dollars and up.
I'm always looking forward to Superbowl Sunday each year! I love all the parties, the food, the hilarious advertisements, and I always hope it'll be a good match-up between the two teams. A lot of people don't know about the history behind the Superbowl, so it was really cool that you were able to share that with us. If anybody wants to know anything about football, you could probably ask my dad. He's one of those crazed football fans than knows just about everything about the game. I'm going to be cheering for the Ravens this year, so we'll definitely be seeing how this goes!
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