UHS Students Sound Off: Olympics vs. Super Bowl

Not simply sporting events, they’re marvels, spectacle, absolute extravaganzas, and the month of February is jam packed! What might you ask? Why the Superbowl, and the quickly following Vancouver 2010 Olympics. We took a minute to ask UHS students which of the two sports splendors they prefer.

Mark Peterson (Sophomore): l prefer the Olympics, because my favorite team doesn’t always get to the Superbowl, so the Olympics are more consistently relevant, even if l can only see one every other year.

Will Andreson (Junior): Olympics, yes the Superbowl is great because it’s American, but the Olympics are so exciting, it’s worldwide not just nationwide.

Anna Mast (Junior): Definitely the Olympics. There’s more variety and there’s always someone that you can cheer for.

Jordan Harringer (Senior): Olympics because it has more teams and a variety of sports.

Noah Gehrmann (Sophomore): Neither because I don’t care for sports.

Rita Haber (Junior): I’ll go with the Winter Olympics as they give appreciation to lesser known sports

D’mario Turner (Sophomore): I prefer the Superbowl as it is every year unlike the Olympics is every two years. Although, the Olympics is composed of more than one sport, so it all depends on either the content or the variety. I like the Superbowl for its amazing catches and plays, and for the commercials, but I like the Olympics for the variety of sports it has.

Korrine Spears (Junior): I prefer the Olympics, although the commercials are not as good, there is more variety and prestige to the Olympic Games. There is something for everyone to get into, and it really beings the nations of the world together for a short period of time.

Taylor Hocutt (Junior): Neither; the Superbowl is a glutenous display of human brutality supported by major corporations in an attempt to sell good to the mass public, thrown by men who are payed excessively gargantuan sums of money. The Olympics which were once a form of athletic purity are now distorted by that same commercialism and public appeal, no longer a competition for self glory but for fame.

Carrie Cuno-Booth (Senior): Olympics! Because it’s more international and it’s more than one sport.

Andreas Ruiz (Freshman): I prefer the Superbowl because it’s more exciting. There are the parties, the commercials, and the game itself. The Olympics are exciting, but can be long and there isn’t as much excitement (or parties) as the Superbowl.

So readers, what’s your take?