Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Super Bowl, NFL, Football, Thorstein Veblen, Excess, Waste, Money, Corporations, Ford, Layoffs
Subjects
Theory of the leisure class (Veblen, Thorstein); Super Bowl; National Football League; Gluttony; Indulgences; Rich people; Prostitution; Corporations; Ford Motor Company; Unemployed
Introduction
Sunday is Super Bowl XL in Detroit. In the Roman Empire the XL denoted the number forty. In a fortuitous parallel within the American Empire the XL carries the meaning, "Extra Large." No doubt Super Bowl XL will be both extremely large and as decadent as one would expect of a Roman orgy in the time of Caligula, the Emperor who, in a post-modern gesture, appointed his horse to the Roman Senate.
Publication Date
2-2-2006
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., "The XL Super Bowl" (2006). On Sport and Society. 738.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/738
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