Super Bowl Wants Only Young Dancers

[TexasBushwhacker]

"DETROIT - Mick Jagger and his bandmates may be nearing senior citizenship, but Super Bowl planners only want people 45 and younger to take the field during the Rolling Stones' halftime show.

The NFL is offering 2,000 people a chance to watch the Stones play during the Feb. 5 extravaganza. They will be expected to dance, sing and cheer.

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The NFL says the reason for the age cutoff is that the job is physically challenging. Volunteers must enter and exit the field quickly and be on their feet for long periods. They will not have seats and will wait in a tunnel under Ford Field for most of the first half.

Participants also must attend up to five rehearsals that could last seven hours each.

"You have to attend rehearsal and be able to stand for long stretches of time," McCarthy told the Detroit Free Press. "And you have to run onto Ford Field with 2,000 other folks."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_en_ot/fbn_super_bowl_dancers_5

As a fine '57 vintage myself, I think all of us over 45 should boycott ABC, their owner Disney, and all the Super Bowl advertisers. You'll see a few here:

http://www.superbowl-ads.com/2006/index.html

[GrumpyGreg]

1. I know some 65 year olds that would put some 25 year olds

to shame.

[htuttle]

6. Such as Tina Turner, for example

...or -- Mick Jagger.

[pengu1n]

2. Fair play

Who wants to see a load of coffin dodgers?

[hippiechick]

3. Coffin Dodgers ? You mean like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards ?

n/t

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Doesn't Keith sleep in a coffin?

[hippiechick]

19. He's undead ... they don't sleep at all ...

:hi: RonnyK !!! Happy New Year !!! :party: :hug:

[Bill McBlueState]

4. actually

Who wants to see the Super Bowl halftime show, period?

[frylock]

9. exactly..

where art thou, Beavis & Butt-Head?

[AngryAmish]

17. Correct

[carolinalady]

38. There is obviously a lot of people who want to see

"coffin dodgers" as you so eloquently state since the Stones were the highest money making concert band last year.

[grumpy old fart]

5. And what of the handicapped? No wheelchair dancers?

Sorry, but this looks like an incredible non-controversy.

[Cronus Protagonist]

23. Don't forget the obese dancers too

I mean to say, why should they be excluded?

:evilgrin:

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[Clutch Cargo]

33. I've also noticed that the NFL team owners

only want young, athletic, physically strong and football-savvy players on their football teams. Sounds like discrimination to me.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Who gives a shit about the whole thing anyway?

[TexasBushwhacker]

8. Actually, we had a DU Super Bowl party last year

It was pretty fun and I would dare say that at least half the people there were over 40, if not 45+.

[tatertop]

13. Not I, said the tatertop

[gratuitous]

10. Makes no difference to me

As usual, our congregation will be doing its "Souper" Bowl thing, a couple dozen people putting together enough soup packets for 15 families to eat twice a week for a year. All free, all volunteer. And a hell of a lot more fun than watching another Super Bowl blowout.

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. Are we talking Ramen Noodles ....

or something like that? That sounds like a great idea!

[gratuitous]

12. Many bean soup

We get an assortment of pinto beans, black beans, navy beans and other beans. The beans are thoroughly mixed and put in a ziplock bag with a little tub of spice. The instruction label is stapled over the top of the baggie. It's a good way for folks to develop their culinary skills, eat a healthy meal, and learn to stretch their budget a little bit. We have a great time.

[Bill McBlueState]

15. hey, don't tell the NFL

They'd probably send a squad of hired goons to flip over your tables and pour your soup out on the sidewalk if they knew you were cutting in on their trademark.

Well, not really.

The NFL's litigiousness is legendary, though.

[gratuitous]

21. Ah, we're judgment proof

Sometimes we have homeless people drop by and rather than ask for something, they see if they can't rustle up something for us out of their shopping cart.

[OKNancy]

14. Sometimes you have to be realistic

as a choreographer and teacher I think under 45 is reasonable. ( I'm 56 btw )

[TexasBushwhacker]

16. I am being realistic

Discriminating against people who are 45+, when they form the bulk of the Stones' fan base, is just stupid. They're looking for enthusiastic FANS. They said they want people to "dance, sing and cheer." Who under 45 knows words to the Stones' songs?

[LisaM]

20. The whole thing is a FARCE. The NFL should have used Detroit acts

it's a slap in the face that they didn't.

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. It's because of the first national championship

40 years ago, before they even called it the Super Bowl. It was a day game, because that night the Stones were playing on the Ed Sullivan show. That's the only reason. There are certainly "hotter" acts to have on.

[LSdemocrat]

26. Detroit should be lucky that it gets to hold a Superbowl

Who the hell wants to go to Detroit in late January/early February?

[LisaM]

27. Well that's a fine way to support a US city that needs help!

Seriously, that's cold. They have a beautiful new stadium and a rich musical history.

[LSdemocrat]

35. Out of 40 the NFL has only had two Superbowls north of ATLANTA

One of them, Superbowl XVI, was already in Detroit. So, I can't really say that Detroit is more deserving than a lot of Superbowls.

Also, the NFL has no current plans to have any future Superbowls north of Atlanta.

List of previous Superbowl sites:
http://www.supernfl.com/SuperBowl.html

List of future sites:
http://www.superbowl.com/features/futuresites

[0007]

28. A hit of sunshine would help!

[brentspeak]

22. "Logan's Run" society

[slackmaster]

25. Eventually to become Wild In The Streets

Never trust anyone over the age of 10.

http://www.geocities.com/wildinthestreets2002/

[AspenRose]

29. Exactly what I was thinking!

I know plenty of 45 year old PLUS who run rings around my 37 year old butt.... this is just stupid

[kineneb]

40. 45+ who just got back from 1-1/2 hrs. of ballet class

Who they callin' old? And I am now out of shape, have had to take time off to care for Hubby. I was taking 2 full hours 2x/wk, for a while, including a pointe class! Mind you, I probably qualify for the ballet hippo costume (I'm a large person)...but still, 2 hours of dancing, no problem.

[Gman]

30. I'm 51 and in a helluva lot better shape than most any 21 year old

I can just about bench press my weight and I hit a golf ball further than the sons of the guys I play with. I love to laugh at 'em!

But I've seen the Stones 3 times and wouldn't care to jump through the hoops they want these people to just to see them up close. We had 12th row and 5th row seats on consecutive nights in San Antonio in 1975!

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. eek!

I don't know if I could handle seeing Keith Richards that close, even then!

[Gman]

36. He was already dead then

He actually looks a little better now.

[mitchum]

32. Give me a time machine and I would see the Rolling Stones...

but who in their right mind would want to see the present day abomination? I guess the same people who watch the Super Bowl and all of its attendant hyped bullshit...

[Gman]

37. Bullshit!

The Stones are better than ever! They're still the Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World!

[DS1]

34. SCREW THE HALFTIME SHOW!!! It's so INANE! Make those million-dollar

athletes play 40 minutes worth of sport without a 20 minute break.

[KamaAina]

39. Let me guess: Michael Jackson's producing the show?

:evilgrin:

[rocktivity]

41. Five rehearsals that could last seven hours each?

Just to sing, dance and cheer for a rock band? Isn't that what marching bands, choirs and dance troupes are for? And even their cheerleaders get paid. By the way, do they get workman's comp if they get hurt? Either they're trying to bust the local screen actor's guild, or it's some kind of backdoor draft where they gas everyone in the tunnel, and they wake up on a slow boat to Iraq!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Bingo!

The pigs just want to get by as cheaply as possible.