SUPER BOWL

American football

American football is a team sport. It is played by two teams with 11 players on each side.

Points are scored in many ways usually by one team getting the ball into the end zone of the other team.

League

The main league is the National Football League. It was founded in 1920. There are 32 teams in it. The teams play other teams and the results are arranged like in the Spanish league. It is played 16 matches where only the four best teams go to the playoffs. The other four spots are taken up by the winners of the matches played by teams

Teams

Super Bowl’s beginning

It’s an annual championship game of the NFL. The first Super Bowl was celebrated in 1967. After that, the game it’s held the first Sunday of February. Now it’s considered by some as an unofficial American national holiday.

Show

Lady Gaga opening

Lady Gaga

How much is it? ● A spot costs $5 million.● The average price for tickets is

$4,243.● A spectacle could cost more than

$100,000 to insure.● At home, an average of $75.● Winning team players: $107,000 ● Losing team: $53,000● It generates at least $620 million in revenue.● There was $115.9 million bet.● Americans spent about $14.1 billion in total on Super Bowl last year.

Social repercussion● "Super Bowl Sunday".● It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption.● About 12.4 million people plan to go to a nearby bar or restaurant to watch the

Super Bowl.● 16.5 million Americans say they may

not go to work on the Monday after Super Bowl, and it seems 7.5 million could arrive late for work.

Super Bowl in 2017

● New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons. (34-28)● It was played at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Sunday, February 5.● Luke Bryan sang the national anthem.● The halftime show was headlined by Lady Gaga.

Tom Brady (Patriots) raising the Super Bowl

trophy

Super Bowl on TV● The most-watched American television broadcast of the year.● It is second to soccer's UEFA Champions League final as the most watched

annual sporting event worldwide.● TV Networks that have broadcasted Super Bowl: ABC, Fox, NBC, CBS.● TV series: The simpsons