Roughly about 114 million people saw the Super bowl on Sunday. The two main names that were mentioned were, Cam Newton the quarterback for the Carolina Panthers and Peyton Manning the quarterback for the Denver Broncos. Mostly everyone was watching the game and many people placed bets whether it was a small or large bet, everyone had a team to cheer for. Unfortunately, the Panthers lost and right after members from the team would have to come out and talk to the press about the game. The media was focused towards Cam. They wanted to know what was happening in his mind during and after the game. As the article mentions, Cam wasn’t too pleased that he had lost the game. He gave out small worded answers as journalists asked questions. At one point, he just left the room. I think it is understand that he wasn’t too happy but at the same he is a professional athletic, so he shouldn’t have just left the room with his other team members and coaches behind.
The metaphor that fits perfectly to this article is “time is money.” Time was a big factor for the Panthers to score some touchdowns against the Broncos. Money was the second factor because not only would the Panthers win the main game but money as well. Each player would receive a large amount of money to win the game. In every sport I think that this metaphor, “time is money” is often used for a good reason.
I like how you related your response to last weeks reading. Time and money were definitely major components but I would definitely argue there may be more. We do not necessarily know what actually happened based on one article. I am not so sure what was specifically metaphorical about this article but it was an interesting read. Maybe you can expand?
I did not watch the Superbowl, but I can feel the dissatisfaction of Cam. It is an important game that 114 million people watched it. I guess the metaphorical idea in this case is that he “brings himself down”. It is kind of like he gave up and walked away. It shows bad character that he just left. You win and lose as a group; it’s not a one person thing, it is teamwork.