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HOUSTON, TX (AP) - The SCS (Superbowl Championship Series) extended a bid to the Philadelphia Eagles to play in the Budweiser-Monster.com-Pepsi Superbowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium in Houston on February 1st, despite losing to the upstart Carolina Panthers 14-3 in the NFC title game.
The Superbowl selection committee decided that many factors went into extending a bid to the Eagles.
"Philadelphia, with its rich tradition, had a stronger strength of schedule during the regular season, a higher average attendance, and larger television ratings" explained John E. Bandwagon, the SCS president. "This is what we want for the Superbowl. A larger audience. Houston will welcome the throngs of Philadelphia fans who will flood the city, occupying hotel rooms, eating at local restaurants, and visiting the local Wal-Mart. Certainly more people than Carolina’s market, a mid-major NFL team, will bring."
Bandwagon also explained that Philadelphia has decades of tradition, which will help draw in extra viewers. CBS spokesman Bob Kluless explains that with the Eagles getting the bid over the Panthers, he’ll be able to charge $1.3 million for a 30-second commercial as opposed to the $1.1 million he’d otherwise charge.
"My clients at the beer companies are thrilled with the selected made-for-TV Goliath versus Goliath matchup," said Kluless. "They’re planning to make their commercials even cornier and more low-brow than ever. In fact, I hear they’re working on this new and clever ad where two guys go after this 'out-of-their-league' attractive woman at a bar, and the female, via slapstick humor, winds up making both males look like a couple of silly frat-boy buffoons by the end of the commercial. Completely original and cutting-edge. I’m looking forward to it."
"I also hear we’ll be able to charge a higher price to those guys creating the ad with 'talking' computer-generated animals! That should be fun." gushed Kluless. "And we’ll be making a bundle selling ad time to those advertisers featuring overexposed stars of the moment doing plugs for products, like Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton."
Carolina, on the other hand, is not happy with the decision.
"We won on the field, fair and square," said Panther DeShaun Foster. "Now their going to use attendance and TV market and 'tradition' to keep us home. That's a load of BS. The best two teams will not be on the field on February 1st."
Adding controversy to the situation, the SCS is meeting this spring to announce plans of a 'Market Rule'. For example, if cities like Charlotte and Indianapolis don’t increase their population base and TV ratings within the next four years, the SCS may kick them out of the NFL into a minor league system.
In fact, while New England's win over Indianapolis enabled it to receive the bid to the Superbowl, there were some doubts that Indianapolis would’ve received the bid even had they won.
"New England has the Boston market, not to mention that nearby New York City may ride their coattails," said Bandwagon. "Indianapolis is merely a mid-size city surrounded by farms, without the large fanbase of Philly. If Indianapolis is serious about remaining in the NFL, they’ll try harder to make their brand name sound 'sexier', or at least find a way to boost the area’s population and click on more TVs."
The Superbowl selection committee decided that many factors went into extending a bid to the Eagles.
"Philadelphia, with its rich tradition, had a stronger strength of schedule during the regular season, a higher average attendance, and larger television ratings" explained John E. Bandwagon, the SCS president. "This is what we want for the Superbowl. A larger audience. Houston will welcome the throngs of Philadelphia fans who will flood the city, occupying hotel rooms, eating at local restaurants, and visiting the local Wal-Mart. Certainly more people than Carolina’s market, a mid-major NFL team, will bring."
Bandwagon also explained that Philadelphia has decades of tradition, which will help draw in extra viewers. CBS spokesman Bob Kluless explains that with the Eagles getting the bid over the Panthers, he’ll be able to charge $1.3 million for a 30-second commercial as opposed to the $1.1 million he’d otherwise charge.
"My clients at the beer companies are thrilled with the selected made-for-TV Goliath versus Goliath matchup," said Kluless. "They’re planning to make their commercials even cornier and more low-brow than ever. In fact, I hear they’re working on this new and clever ad where two guys go after this 'out-of-their-league' attractive woman at a bar, and the female, via slapstick humor, winds up making both males look like a couple of silly frat-boy buffoons by the end of the commercial. Completely original and cutting-edge. I’m looking forward to it."
"I also hear we’ll be able to charge a higher price to those guys creating the ad with 'talking' computer-generated animals! That should be fun." gushed Kluless. "And we’ll be making a bundle selling ad time to those advertisers featuring overexposed stars of the moment doing plugs for products, like Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton."
Carolina, on the other hand, is not happy with the decision.
"We won on the field, fair and square," said Panther DeShaun Foster. "Now their going to use attendance and TV market and 'tradition' to keep us home. That's a load of BS. The best two teams will not be on the field on February 1st."
Adding controversy to the situation, the SCS is meeting this spring to announce plans of a 'Market Rule'. For example, if cities like Charlotte and Indianapolis don’t increase their population base and TV ratings within the next four years, the SCS may kick them out of the NFL into a minor league system.
In fact, while New England's win over Indianapolis enabled it to receive the bid to the Superbowl, there were some doubts that Indianapolis would’ve received the bid even had they won.
"New England has the Boston market, not to mention that nearby New York City may ride their coattails," said Bandwagon. "Indianapolis is merely a mid-size city surrounded by farms, without the large fanbase of Philly. If Indianapolis is serious about remaining in the NFL, they’ll try harder to make their brand name sound 'sexier', or at least find a way to boost the area’s population and click on more TVs."
