Viewpoints
Opinion

A Super End to Another Football Season

The NFL once again reaffirmed its position as the leading team sport in the United States.
A Super End to Another Football Season
A detailed view of the Vince Lombardi Trophy during Super Bowl LX Opening Night at San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2026. Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
contributor
|Updated:
0:00
Commentary

The Super Bowl is over. This is the time of year when America’s football fans resign themselves to the grim fact that it will be another half-year before we see our favorite college or NFL football team compete again.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
contributor
Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.