What is so significate about the SuperBowl for Americans?
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Personally, I LOVE American football, for the following reasons:\n1.  You only play 16 regular games, so every game REALLY counts.\n2.  The playoff you really only get one shot; it is win or go home, literally\n3.  The Super Bowl is the same way. One game decides it all.  None of that series stuff. Best out of whatever.\n4.  Football is the most responsible sport, with strict drug policies, draft policies, and harsh punishments for violators.\n5.  Football has the most level playing field because of the salary caps.  All teams have the same amount of money to spend. Therefore, the decisions make the difference not the money.\n6.  Football is actually a semi-socialist sport.  All teams share profits. The system is truly fascinating.\n7.  Football is rough and has a sort of civilized violence which is GREAT!\n8.  Football players on the whole are the lowest paid professional athletes.\n9.  You never know what might happen during a halftime show. Case in point, Janet’s boob.\n10.  You will see incredible acts of athleticism.\n11.  It is strategic, yet exciting.\nOne more reason... American Football is played in any and all weather.  There is no rain delay.  They don't cancel or postpone games due to snow.  They play period!  None of that, "Oh I can't play I might get wet or cold." That is a real sport.  No wussy stuff in football or the SuperBowl!
441096
baaa\namericans are sheep\ndo what tv tells them\nin roman times, they had the colloseum. keep the peasants entertained and they don't revolt\namericans have superbowl, baseball, tv, internet. They don't care what happens outside their bubble
1084984
I like the to watch the Superbowl. But there is no question the biggest event in the world is the World Cup. You have nations declaring a national holiday when that country's team plays. There are over 5 Billion people watching the World Cup. \n\nYou can combine the NFL, NBA, World Series and you still will not get half of the billions of people following the World Cup.
120915
Take a look at \n\nhttp://football.about.com/od/superbowltrivia/a/superbowltrivia.htm
678354
What does this have to do with American Football?
306167
Look no further than the true american sport...\nFootball (both NFL, College, and High School)\nThousands of Americans pack into stadiums each weekend for the events.
349555
Because they have a problem or course.  Americans like the sports they invented and just for this reason they think US sports are the best.  But Football the original, not American football, has greater dimensions than any other sport, and that is why the whole world knows it's the best.
42673
You can't put America in such simple terms. We are a nation that is by definition a melding of cultures from around the globe. We are everyone. Good, bad, smart, stupid, rich, poor, black, white, and everything in between. There are awful people here and there are incredible ones as well. It is as hard to explain it as it would be to explain the nature of the people on the planet Earth.
1076455
Because of us...Americans. We generally confuse your football with our pigskin version of football.
124653
The Super Bowl, by far.  It's the ultimate championship game for American Football.  The All-Star game for the NBA is stellar, no doubt, but it's in the middle of the season and the game itself doesn't count for beans, anyway.  It's meaningless.  Now, if you were to compare the NBA Finals with the Super Bowl... THEN you'd have a tough question.
600130
well most americans have not yet been exposed to the spirit of soccer.\nLuckily though americans have started to make a move in the right direction. I hear of new MLS teams arrising each season and also more MLS stadium being revamped. \nSo hopefully in a decade or two soccer will be more of a adrenaline rush here too.
879668
in my opinion, being american is living in the united states and living the most-wanted but simplest american dream: raise a family, have a good home, and make good money. (well, it is for most immigrants.) my parents came from china and they came to america over 20 years ago. i think they're living the american dream right now: they have me, we live in a great neighborhood, and they make a decent amount of money. \n\nalso, i think being an american means that you're an american citizen living in the united states, just to be more political. =]
42038
American football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States :).
70667
Born in Pittsburgh and moved from western PA at a very young age. Thr first pro-football game I ever watched on TV was the Steelers first SuperBowl. I knew nothing about football. My stepfather had to explain everything to me. But it was a huge source of pride. \nThen I began to understand a little more about the game as time went on and they won two back-to-back SuperBowls. The last one in '79 when I moved to Texas. That was special. Take THAT cowboys!\nI'll live and die for the Great State of Texas but my heart pumps Black and Gold.
488813
I have seen a couple of American games live and it is more of a family day out.\nThere is a lot of entertainment apart from the game plus great shows at the end of each quarter.\nThere is also a large selection of good food.\nI think many Americans see a football match as an event so short its not worth going to watch 90mins of men diving around, grey skys and lousy food.
133597
There are usually games during Thanksgiving, but they aren't tournament games. During the Christmas/New Years window there are College Bowl games. The Superbowl is usually the first weekend in Feb or the last weekend in Jan.\n\nEnjoy it! Or, I suspect, you'll be watching with someone who likes football better than you do! So, the commercials should be good, and the halftime entertainment will be great. There's always Comedy Central. \n\nDon't forget to stay tuned after the game for Grey's Anatomy....
674600
Not everything that happens in the freaking world has to be significant to America!!  This holiday is not significant to Americans at all.  Thanks for asking.