Wouldn’t you know it? The quarterback the Vikings let go last year (after what I considered a pretty good season) is going to the Super Bowl this year. Sam Darnold took the Seattle Seahawks all the way to the biggest game of the season. I thought he deserved another chance with the Vikings, but the team hierarchy had different thoughts, hoping J.J. McCarthy was the answer the team needed for a successful season. Maybe they’ll be right, but it might take a few seasons to find out – if he can avoid injuries.
As usual, we’ll be watching the big game on TV – probably with some of our new friends here in Florida, but it sure would be nice if the game started earlier in the day. It will start at 6:30 in our time zone, which means it won’t end until near midnight – I don’t need to be at work the next day, but it’s interesting how much harder it is to stay awake that late as the years pile on.
I checked on tickets to the game on the Monday after the playoffs ended, and it looked like the only tickets available were resale tickets, and the cost for two tickets was anywhere between $7,000 and $40,000. I wasn’t interested in going to the game, but I was curious about the cost. Personally, I can’t imagine spending that much money to see a football game.
From what I can tell, I doubt I’ll find the halftime show worth watching, but maybe some people are familiar with the planned entertainment. I’ll still look forward to the commercials – there have been years when those commercials were some of the funniest you’ll see all year long. I can’t believe how much companies are willing to spend on a 30-second commercial. Information I found said the cost is between $7 and $8 million for the commercial time, then they need to add the cost to make the commercial. They must work, but the cost means the company has to sell a lot of what they sell to cover it.
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Something sad for people who are proud to come from Minnesota is the activity happening there that puts the state in the national news. Not only the scandals, but the ICE presence. Where I live currently, there are people from all over the United States living here as well, and without exception, when conversation leads to where we lived before living in Florida, people always mention the mess the state finds itself in currently.
I’m sure it may take a long time before the messes are cleaned up, and the state starts to recover, and we can all be proud to call Minnesota “home”.
Have A Good Week!
