Who cares? Actually, quite a lot of people do. Many care because they have money riding on the result. Many care because they're strongly invested emotionally in their "favorite" team, and how the team does goes a long way towards affecting how they feel for the next few days. Personally, I don't care--it might be an interesting game to watch from the standpoint of competition, but the hype and publicity for this particular game has pushed things so far that the simple competition itself really isn't the most important part of the game for most people--for the vast majority of viewers, it seems that the only important thing is the result. We've taken sports, which used to be a lot of fun when they were something that we did as a pastime, and turned them into something far more "important" than they really are. We've deified simple human beings whose sole claim to fame is that they're able to play a particular sport well, and we look up to them as we should look up to people who contribute to the well-being of their fellow human beings. That doesn't mean that we can't look up to the players, but why do we ignore so many people who do so much for so many while we focus our admiration on athletes and entertainers who are simply good at what they do? I'm a good teacher, but I'll certainly never earn anywhere near what these guys make for the "work" that they do. Who cares that it's Super Bowl Sunday? Many people do, of course, but it would be so nice if more cared about taking care of the planet and their fellow living beings here.
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