# Truckers vs Superbowl fans - who wins? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386 "2022-02-13T01:47:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/1 "2022-02-13T01:47:15Z")
I’m putting this in the Pit because name calling should be allowed. The average cost of a Superbowl ticket is around seven grand. Anyone willing to pay that much to watch a ball game probably has a huge emotional commitment to attending the game and there are lots and LOTS of fans showing up. The dumbass freedum truckers are saying they will be there to disrupt things. According to a friend who lives close enough to the arena to watch the halftime fireworks, there are a noticeable number of trump trucks cruising the area and she’s hearing from other folks that they are seeing more than the normal number of semi’s in the area. So, any predictions? I’m thinking that if the truckers really do try to stop the Superbowl we will learn how many enraged fans it takes to push a semi off the road. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/2 "2022-02-13T01:54:49Z")
The NFL will win. Some group of truckers that might be thinking of making a statement just don’t know who they’re fucking with. The NFL is ruthless and powerful. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/3 "2022-02-13T02:02:11Z")
That’s pretty much my thought. The average Superbowl fan is probably not nearly as polite as the average Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/4 "2022-02-13T02:04:08Z")
MAGAs protesting in Inglewood? How’d that work out for the Nazis in Skokie? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/5 "2022-02-13T02:41:50Z")
People pay $7,000.00 to watch grown men play a kid’s game? ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/6 "2022-02-13T02:43:04Z")
Nosebleed tickets start at three grand, so yeah. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/7 "2022-02-13T02:45:12Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Nosebleed tickets start at three grand, so yeah. - I can get a nosebleed for free. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/8 "2022-02-13T02:48:12Z")
Of the dozens of people I know who have attended a super bowl, not one of them has both paid for the tickets themselves AND for whom $7000 is nothing more than the cost of a twice-annual vacation. Almost all of them have received tickets from business associates and/or are in the private jet/yacht owning SE stratum. Are there really working class folks in Cincinnati putting up their life savings for a couple of tickets to watch the Bengals in the Super Bowl? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/9 "2022-02-13T02:49:31Z")
So Wealthy Elites vs. Y’all Qaeda. I’m having a hard time knowing which side to root for. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/10 "2022-02-13T02:51:02Z")
My grandkids have cousins that live near the Rams stadium. According to their FB posts, there had been a huge police presence in the area for a couple weeks and no one is getting within half a mile of the stadium without proper credentials. From what I read the truckers want to form a moving road block around the stadium but is sound like they won’t get anywhere near the stadium. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/11 "2022-02-13T03:03:23Z")
Q: Am I going to hear whining and crying if 18 wheelers who are running cars who are trying to get to the game off of the roads are shredded by Cobras and A-10s? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/12 "2022-02-13T03:10:49Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Anyone willing to pay that much to watch a ball game probably has a huge emotional commitment to attending the game and there are lots and LOTS of fans showing up. This is a terrible take on your “average” Super Bowl attendee. The Super Bowl is about 10% fans, 90% corporate. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/13 "2022-02-13T03:42:43Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > My grandkids have cousins that live near the Rams stadium. According to their FB posts, there had been a huge police presence in the area for a couple weeks and no one is getting within half a mile of the stadium without proper credentials. From what I read the truckers want to form a moving road block around the stadium but is sound like they won’t get anywhere near the stadium. The Super Bowl has been a high-profile event for a long time and has always had high security. For example, the movie Black Sunday, about a terrorist plot against the Super Bowl, was released in 1977 and it was based on a 1975 novel. And then after 9/11, security measures were greatly increased. I think even semis delivering supplies to the stadium get x-rayed or searched. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/14 "2022-02-13T03:44:26Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > This is a terrible take on your “average” Super Bowl attendee. The Super Bowl is about 10% fans, 90% corporate. I’m not familiar with how it works in the Super Bowl, but that’s a common scenario in major league sports venues that are in high demand. Tickets for Maple Leafs games at Scotiabank Arena are well-nigh impossible for the average person to get, except at grossly inflated prices from scalpers and other re-sellers, and virtually all of the expensive seats in the lower bowl are corporate-owned. This leads to the anomaly that during most of the regular season (but not during playoffs) many of these most desirable seats are empty – fully paid for, but not used on any particular occasion. Nothing is done about this wasteful situation because the big-money participants are happy: the Leafs have their money, and the corporate powers have fancy seats to use – or not – whenever they feel like it. The NHL itself has quite a large block of tickets they allocate to officials to use or give away as they see fit, as do the officials of every club. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/15 "2022-02-13T03:57:56Z")
If I’m not mistaken, most people who go to a Super Bowl are rich enough that 7 grand ain’t a thing. Sure, every now and then there is someone foolish enough to mortgage away his financial future for those sweet sweet SB tickets, but they are few. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/16 "2022-02-13T03:58:40Z")
By the way, I am disappointed by this thread. From the title, I was expecting to see truckers in Canada go in the ring WWE style to go up against Rams and Bengals fans. Who would win? style. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/17 "2022-02-13T03:59:33Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Q: Am I going to hear whining and crying if 18 wheelers who are running cars who are trying to get to the game off of the roads are shredded by Cobras and A-10s? That’s just going to cause more traffic jams. I suggest giant electromagnets hung from heavy-lift helicopters. And dump the trucks in the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/18 "2022-02-13T04:52:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I suggest giant electromagnets hung from heavy-lift helicopters. And dump the trucks in the ocean. A few days ago I suggested exactly the same thing should happen in Ottawa – get some big Skycrane helicopters to pick up the trucks and drop them into Hudson Bay. Some other posters then pointed out that some other suitable bodies of water are closer. (ETA: I was going to add, drop them into Hudson Bay, truckers included, but now that we know they have their kids with them, maybe not.) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/19 "2022-02-13T07:36:14Z")
Football is less and less of a kids’ game these days. It’s pretty dangerous for kids to be playing, and a lot of parents are choosing not to let their kids participate. > **[The Decline Of Football Is Real And It’s Accelerating](https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerpielke/2020/01/28/the-decline-of-football-is-real-and-its-accelerating/)** > > Despite the continued popularity of the National Football League (NFL) in the United States, more broadly gridiron football is in an era of rapid decline, and evidence suggests that the decline is accelerating. > **[Children playing youth football is declining, says a new survey](https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/children-playing-youth-football-is-declining-says-a-new-survey)** > > Girls soccer ranked second to only boys football in terms of how many concussions are reported across youth sports. This is mainly fueled by fears about the long-term effects of concussions and CTE. Regardless, an NFL game is not played at all the way children do. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386/20 "2022-02-13T14:11:43Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > but now that we know they have their kids with them, maybe not. FAFO. It’s Dawinian. These kids are just the next generation of Nazis and anti-vaxxers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truckers-vs-superbowl-fans-who-wins/959386.md?page=2)