Jim Saccomano

While the Denver Broncos are many other franchises are moving toward getting better and contending in 2008, for some employees of a number of teams, the season won’t be over until the day after the Super Bowl.

I am one of those, and while I do not wish to seem like I am walking the dog, I thought it might be interesting to share a couple of things that happen behind the scenes.

The Super Bowl is the largest non-Olympic sporting event ever put on in the world, in terms of interest, particularly from the media overall and television in particular.

Everyone knows that it is televised internationally, and the ten most watched TV shows in American history, no matter how the standard is skewed, always included at least seven or eight Super Bowl games in that list–sometimes more.

Because it is so large, it is just too much for the NFL New York employees to handle all by themselves, even though they work from about seven a.m. until about eleven p.m. for the three weeks leading up to the game.  So, they import veterans in various positions from some of the teams.

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Mercifully, the 2007 season is over for the Denver Broncos players, coaches, administrators, and for one of the deepest fan bases in the National Football League.

When the season began to take on that disappointing glow which ultimately would mark it, the campaign became a lot less fun for the fans to watch.  It also became more difficult to work, because the frustration just mounts in direct correlation with wins and losses.

It is time now for all involved to take a deep breath, relax a bit, and then slowly ease into the new year.

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