The final and most important game of the NFL season is this Sunday. I can’t believe how fast the season went by. After Sunday we will have to wait seven months for football to start again. It’s actually really depressing. Oh well. At least baseball season starts soon. Wow, that doesn’t sound better at all. The Super Bowl means many different things for many different people. Depending on who you are, you may be watching, not watching, paying attention to or even participating in the Super Bowl. I’m going to discuss what this event really means to certain people.

Players

While only some NFL players are participating in the Super Bowl, all should be watching it. As a player, whether you make it or not, you want to see how it turns out. This is the game that all players work for all year to get to, so you might as well catch a glimpse from a screen if you’re not on the field. If you’re a player and you aren’t watching it because your team isn’t playing in the Super Bowl, you’re just in it for the money. I mean nobody is stopping you. At the end of the day, if you’re rich, then you probably don’t care. I hope there are no players that do this, but there likely are, unfortunately.

Coaches

Unless you’re a part of the coaching staff of either of the Super Bowl teams, you’ll envy the staff members that helped contribute to get their teams to the big game. If you don’t envy them, then you’ll be taking notes from the game to prepare for a possible game next season. Job openings also may become available after the game, something every coach without a job flocks to.

Fans

This is obvious. If your team is in the Super Bowl, you will be watching it at a party with all your friends, borderline blacked out before kickoff. If your team didn’t quite make it, you might not care. If you’re like me, an NFL fan in general, you’ll be watching it start to finish because you know you won’t see another game for a while.

Others

For people that don’t care about football at all (ouch), this will just be another Sunday night for them. Better go to bed by 8 p.m. so I’m all rested for work the next day. I have nothing going on, so might as well catch up on some sleep. If they’re music fans, they might just turn on the halftime show and then call it a night. There are also those people that watch only the commercials. I can’t stand people like that. First off, they get worse every year, so you’re wasting your time. Second, it’s not the main event. Third, just go to bed at that point if you really don’t care.

Whoever you may be, you’ll likely do some of the things described in your category. I encourage everyone to watch the Super Bowl because once football is done for the season, you’ll be begging for more. Don’t take this for granted.