Super Bowl Sunday may, to some, be the NFL's championship game, but to most people who travel to San Diego this week, it's the culmination of a week-long party. As with any party, there is bound to be plenty of...well, let's just say close physical contact between individuals of opposing genders.
Some people say the Super Bowl is all about money. Others say it's all about power. For many, it's all about advertising. A few die-hards insist football's the important thing.
But most of us know that it's really (like everything else) about sex. There are the parties leading up to the game. The groupies. The cheerleaders. A few hot commercials during the broadcast. Halftime quickies, for some big spenders in the corporate boxes.
Forget the Superdome -- Bourbon St. is where it's at.
We could go deeper (pardon the pun), into the realm of academic theory. For example, William Arens, an anthropologist, wrote, even the players' uniforms "symbolize exaggerated masculinity -- wide shoulders, enlarged heads, tight pants accented by a metal codpiece."
Jim Rome once said that "athletes and strippers go together like peanut butter and jelly". Right; where money and power travel, sex is sure to be close behind. The Super Bowl has a long history of extracurricular hijinks. Whether or not it will have an impact on this weekend's game remains to be seen.
Next year, the Super Bowl comes to Houston. Something tells me the hotels here will be getting a real workout.