My complaints about people complaining…
Over 113 million people tuned in to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. Some people tuned in to watch an excellent football game. Others wanted to see the creativity of the minds behind the commercials. Yet, others were upset that a football game was interrupting a Rihanna concert.
Regardless, 113 million people tuned in to watch the Super Bowl for some reason or another. For one night a third of the population of the U.S. was able to sit for a few hours and enjoy something together. However, shortly after the game ended, loads of controversy started to circulate social media.
“The refs called a bogus holding call at the end!”
“Rihanna’s performance was way worse than past halftime shows.”
“The playing surface sucked and players were slipping all over!”
It seems like the social media age has created this critical sphere about everything, and especially, the biggest television event of the year. I probably sound like an old, grumpy person who is longing for the good old days but in the days and hours following the Super Bowl, the complaints were littered throughout social media.
The first Super Bowl I remember was the 2003 championship game between Rich Gannon and the Oakland Raiders and Jon Gruden’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Before that game, my parents had us predict the score by writing it in window paint on our front window, right next to where the TV was. I miss the simplicity of watching a game and being excited because it’s simply the biggest event of the year.
Now, it seems as though people expect perfection. And when they don’t get it, they have a platform to complain. If you thought Rihanna’s performance wasn’t that great, that’s your opinion, but instead of disparaging the artist, choreographer, backup dancers or other people, how about we celebrate the fact that she was out there performing without getting paid by the NFL, less than a year after having her first child and while pregnant with her second. (That’s right, those who perform the halftime show don’t get paid for the performance. They do get the benefit of exposure which leads to big paydays, however.) Creativity is something that we shouldn’t take for granted. The amount of creativity that goes into the commercials, halftime show choreography, light schemes, fireworks shows, and all the other theatrics that go into the big game and production is astronomical. Let’s appreciate the Super Bowl for how much work and creativity go into it instead of criticizing the elements of it that we tune in for.
The truth is, the game was one of the best I have ever seen. The fellowship with friends and family was a good cap to a great game. I’ll even take it a step further and say I’m ready for Super Bowl Sunday to be deemed a holiday to be observed the Monday after, for no reason other than the day is so much fun of course.
I realize that I’m complaining about people complaining and yes, that is probably hypocritical. So take this message with a grain of salt but let’s start appreciating events instead of being critical about them.
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