Still, they should get the OSU marching band out there to perform.
the half time show is for casual fans anyway
maybe they can just get rid of it and have a proper length halftime to get back to the action
The NFL will pay “travel and production expenses”, eh? Let’s think about this…
Travel expenses:
They’ll pay for a chartered jet to transport the act from it’s last gig, to the Super Bowl, to their next gig, right? That sounds fair.
They’ll pay for first class hotel rooms for the act and their crew, including meals, laundry, etc, right? Okay.
They’ll pay for ground transportation of personnel and equipment from the airport to the hotel/gig and back as necessary, right? Okay.
Production expenses:
The act will need instrument and sound technicians. The NFL will pay for that?
Makeup and wardrobe people will need to be paid also. The act will need roadies to set up and break down stuff. The NFL will pay for that?
It’s a singer? She’ll need musicians to back her up. The NFL will pay the musicians?
Back up singers and dancers will need to be paid too.
So, the star gets to not only perform for free, but pay for the privilege. And everyone else gets paid. Such a deal.
Back in the days not long after the Beatles broke up. Lennon got invited to perform at a “Free Concert”. He asked about some of the details and “Free” didn’t mean what he thought it did. People still had to pay admission because the owners of the venue still wanted their rent. As did the people who supplied the equipment. And the crews who operated and set up the stuff. The bottom line was, the only free thing about it was the promoters expected Lennon to appear for free.
If they used a Kickstarter campaign, I bet they could raise the money to get Coldplay to not perform. 
I can just imagine them approaching Prince with this type of offer…'cuz that would’ve worked…
Oh, is Janet Jackson coming back? 
I don’t care either - I watch the Puppy Bowl then.
Normally, I agree with you. But last year, Bruno Mars was about the ONLY thing worth watching at the Super Bowl!!!
This may be the break that Up With People has been waiting for!
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m old enough to remember Super Bowl 5, in which the entire halftime show was Anita Bryant singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Looks like the NFL wants go back to those Good Old Days.
I don’t think Anita’s got the money.
Regards,
Shodan
But there’s probably some latter-day Menachem Riklis with a Pia Zadora-like no-talent bimbo wife who’d wuuuuuv the spotlight.
And right there is the crux of the problem.
Anyone desperate enough to pay for the exposure is sucky enough for us to avoid being exposed.
Meh. Halftime is bathroom/kitchen/internet time. If the NFL wants to drive “halftime festivities” farther and farther into irrelevancy, I say let 'em have at it.
From the first link in the OP:
Apparently not.
Don’t care; it’s the only part of a football game that I’ve ever found to be remotely watchable. And on those rare occasions that I find myself in a room with a television tuned to a COLLEGE football game, I still don’t see it happening. So I still consider it a valid question.
So you’re asking why the producers of a sport don’t build their entertainment around the tastes of someone vociferous in their dislike for the sport?
I can’t fathom why.
It’s a big deal for the “I only watch the Superbowl for the commercials” crowd.
But I can’t imagine this going well for the NFL. The Superbowl has gotten huge partly on the backs of big acts like the Rolling Stones and Madonna. Now they want to go back to the Up with People and marching band days?
Personally, I could care less. If they want my advice though, this is a bad idea.
It would make the artist a laughingstock, having to pay to perform. Side note: I don’t know anyone who watched just for the commercials.
I never promised you a Rose Bowl.
Me neither. I mean, do they want to win me over, or don’t they?
Not married? My wife watches only for the commercials. In fact, that’s what makes the Super Bowl a family viewing/get together event. Even if you don’t care about the game, it is enjoyable to watch the commercials/halftime show. I see a major decline in viewership if the quality of the halftime show drops. It is there for the non-football fans, and without it the Superbowl goes back to being just another game(that my team won’t be playing in.)
I’m sure no one turns it on for the commercials - but plenty of people watch the commercials because someone else is watching the game. It’s going to be on in my house no matter what- me watching the commercials just means I turn my attention to the TV rather than whatever else I’m doing.