On Sunday, February 7, 2016, the Carolina Panthers will meet the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl to determine which team can lay claim to the 2015–16 National Football League (NFL) title and the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy. The game is considered to be the pinnacle of American gridiron football. This year’s Super Bowl contest and celebration is a bit different, however, because it marks the 50th time it has been played since its inception in 1967.
Over the years the game has grown to become the centerpiece of a daylong celebration called “Super Bowl Sunday.” This unofficial national holiday in the United States is filled with festivities, feasting, and pageantry that extends from the stadium and host city to the homes and other places where football fans and their friends and families gather. Long before kickoff takes place in the late afternoon/early evening, football aficionados are treated to hours of programming featuring the glories of past Super Bowls, interviews with past and present NFL greats, and hard-boiled pre-game analysis. Closer to game time and continuing throughout the contest, ticket holders and television viewers alike are shown performances by some of the best-known musical acts as well as a cavalcade of creative television advertisem*nts.
The game is always played on a Sunday, when most Americans are not at work. Because of the event's national prominence, even those who are not football fans often join friends to watch the game and cheer for one of the teams.
An estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees plan to miss work on the day after the Super Bowl game, according to the results of a survey sponsored by the UKG Workforce Institute. In addition, an estimated 6.4 million employees expect to be late for work; slightly less anticipate being reprimanded for unreported absences.
In 2023, two Tennessee lawmakers proposed a bill that would replace the state's Columbus Day holiday with a new one for the Monday after the Super Bowl.
One reason the National Football League is adamant about keeping the Super Bowl on Sundays is due to TV ratings, according to past comments from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. During a 2018 interview on "The Kyle Brandt Football Experience," Goodell said it really comes down to TV ratings.
Because the NFL restricts the use of its "Super Bowl" trademark, it is frequently referred to as the "big game" or other generic terms by non-sponsoring corporations. The day that the game is held, is commonly referred to as "Super Bowl Sunday" or simply "Super Sunday".
Let's look at the reasons why and show employers there's a real reason to give a day off. Statistics show that over 16 million employed U.S adults will either call out or take-off the day after the Super Bowl.
Kansas City Chiefs' tight end #87 Travis Kelce and Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback #15 Patrick Mahomes hug after winning Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 2024. The Kansas City Chiefs win the 2024 Super Bowl, 25-22!
"The reason we haven't done it in the past is simply just from an audience standpoint. The audiences on Sunday night are so much larger," Goodell said in 2018. "Fans want to have the best opportunity to be able to see the game and we want to give that to them, so Sunday night is a better night."
A study from The Harris Poll for The Workforce Institute at UKG, found that an estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees planned to miss work the Monday after Super Bowl LVIII. Of those, 6 million employees will risk a workplace penalty for faking sick or not showing up at all, the research found.
An estimated 16.1 million employees across the U.S. plan to miss work Monday, Feb. 12, the day after Super Bowl 58 is played, according to a survey of 1,192 Americans, conducted Jan. 10-12, 2024 by The Harris Poll for The Workforce Institute at UKG.
A study from The Harris Poll for The Workforce Institute at UKG, found that an estimated 16.1 million U.S. employees planned to miss work the Monday after Super Bowl LVIII. Of those, 6 million employees will risk a workplace penalty for faking sick or not showing up at all, the research found.
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