American football is very popular throughout the United States from Florida to Alaska. The Super Bowl Kansas City Chiefs VS San Francisco 49ers game was watched by about 100 million people, accounting for almost one-third of the U.S. population. Since the game is always held in late January or early February, in the United States, the game will be held in warm climates (such as Florida or California ) or in indoor stadiums.
In the United States, the game started Sunday night, making it a prime time home entertainment program in the United States. This is the highest-rated TV show in the United States every year. In 2015, when the New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks, the number of viewers reached 114 million. About 99 million Americans watched the Patriots beat Los Angeles Rams last year. Of the 20 most viewed TV broadcasts in U.S. history, 19 were the Super Bowl and the other was the finale of the 1983 comedy M*A*S*H.
Globally, the Super Bowl is the second most watched single-day sports event after UEFA Champions League final , with as many as 100 million people watching the game outside the United States. While watching the game, Americans consume a lot of food. The National Chicken Council estimates that 1.3 billion chicken wings, 4 million pizza, more than 13 million kilograms of potato chips will also consume more than 1.2 billion liters of beer. In the United States, football has more attention than other sports.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is the highest-paid player in the league, earning $35 million per year. - Data from " Forbes " shows that if endorsements are included, the athletes in the world who earn more are the few European football players, Mexican boxer Alvarez and Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer , and none of them must comply with the salary cap like the US rugby .
Each team spends $188 million on players’ salaries every year, including the salaries of 53 players, and the salaries of players who may “retire” during the season. The cruelest example happened in 2012, when Patriots coach Bill Berlichek gave up winger Tikun Underwood the night before the Super Bowl and signed defensive winger Alex Silvestero.
These teams are not worth millions, but billions of dollars. Among the 50 most valuable sports franchise list in the world in 2019, NFL teams account for more than half, with 32 teams on the list. Dallas Cowboys topped the list with a net worth of $5 billion, while the New York Yankee baseball team had a net worth of $4.6 billion.
