Are Super Security Measures Needed to Prevent Attacks on the Super Bowl (and other “Mass Gatherings”)?

Abstract

Football is an aggressive, violent game that has evolved over time and taken over the psyche of the American people. Although baseball claims the moniker of “America’s pastime,” football was the most popular sport among Americans for forty-three consecutive years as of 2009, according to an annual survey conducted by Harris Interactive. The record for the highest attendance at a Super Bowl was 103,985, which occurred in 1980 for Super Bowl XIV between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the LA Rams at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The largest crowd ever recorded for any NFL game was 112,376 fans who gathered to watch the Dallas Cowboys play the Houston Oilers in 1994 at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. As the popularity of football continues