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Communication

1999

University of Central Florida

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Super Bowl, Commercials, Football, NFL, Thorstein Veblen, Excess, Waste, Money

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The Super Bowl And Conspicuous Consumption, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 1999

The Super Bowl And Conspicuous Consumption, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

ESPN is calling it their "blow out the budget coverage." FOX promises that this will be the biggest presentation ever with over seven hours of pre-game programming. A thirty-second advertising spot will cost a $1.6M which comes to a mere $53,333 per second and represents a 28% increase over last year's bargain rates.