Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Super Bowl, NFL, Football, Thorstein Veblen, Excess, Waste, Money, Prostitution, Corporations, Private Jets, Parties, Gambling, Commercials; Mons Venus Strip Club
Subjects
Theory of the leisure class (Veblen, Thorstein); Super Bowl; National Football League; Gluttony; Indulgences; Rich people; Prostitution; Corporations; Gambling; Jet planes; Television advertising; Mons Venus Strip Club
Introduction
It is time once again to enter the days of the Roman Numerals when excess becomes the norm, hyperbole is accepted as standard English, and the rich demonstrate in no uncertain terms that they are, and you are not. It is also the time when the middle class, those 85% of Americans who identify themselves as such, do their best to wallow in excess.
Publication Date
1-29-2009
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Super Bowl XLIII" (2009). On Sport and Society. 806.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/806
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