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How does the qualification of an NFL team for the Super bowl influences the loyalty of the team's fan. The Super bowl influence the loyalty of the teams fans **__seeing that__** qualification of an NFL team for the Super bowl **__as a result__** influence loyalty. The NFL has never been more popular than it is today. The Super Bowl is easily the biggest event of the year each and every year. Ticket prices continue to rise and fans continue to come to the game. The resell value of these tickets. Some teams like Philadelphia Eagles**,** Many visitors say that Philadelphia is probably the roughest place for both opposing fans and opposing teams, because the fans here are just absolutely brutal. The fans know a lot about football and they expect to win, but they still come even when the team is down.In most parts of the world, the word football is another term for soccer.

In the USA, the National Football League (NFL) oversees two conferences for Professional football players who excel at playing in the most popular and highly viewed American sport. The competitive drama, pre/post game shows, prognosticating talking heads analyzing strategies, plays, decisions, wall to wall TV coverage on multiple networks, gambling, fans, colorful uniforms and characters make it a favored pastime and regular Sunday/Monday fare for millions of Americans. It matters because every season, communities of fans dust off their jerseys and head out for 5 months of games in snow, rain, sleet and shine, wins and losses, playoffs, team eliminations and finally a Super bowl champion. They teach the rest of us what team spirit means and how vital it is to everything we ultimately do.

The NFL history as we know it today evolved from a modified game of Rugby in 1869 to what we now recognize as modern day American football; made up of highly paid players, a league with two conferences and the Super bowl to crown a champion. The NFL season starts early September and ends early February culminating in the Super bowl game; when the top two teams that survived the playoffs compete for the Vince Lombardi trophy. The winner of the NFC and the winner of the AFC play for the trophy and the players for the winning team also get the famous championship ring. The 2008 Super bowl champions were the Pittsburgh Steelers who defeated the Arizona Cardinals on a last second touchdown.

Over the last few decades, fans have turned the NFL into the country's most popular and powerful sports league. But the worst economic storm since the Depression has swept away some longtime fans and corporate customers who can no longer afford their tickets, club seats or luxury suites. Before the economy tanked, the NFL could afford a take-it-or-leave it stance with fans, TV networks and sponsors. Most clubs sold only 10-game season-ticket packages (eight regular-season games and, to the frustration of many fans, two preseason games). Season-ticket buyers generally had to pay in one lump sum. The recession has led some teams to work out extended payment plans with ticket holders. The Kansas City Chiefs launched an installment plan that allowed customers to spread their purchase over four payments. Teams are trying to be as "accommodating as possible" with fans, Goodell said last week.

After introducing the first league wide "Fan Code of Conduct" last season, NFL security chief Milt Ahlerich says the league wants its 32 clubs to crack down on drunken and abusive fans in a range of ways. Among them are limits on the size and number of alcoholic beverages that fans can buy at one time. The league also wants pregame tailgate parties limited to 3½ hours. The efforts to make live games more enjoyable is partly a function of the success the league and its TV partners have had in making pro football the ultimate TV sport. Some fans now would say the best view of a game is from in front of their high-definition TV, where they can see close-up replays and virtual first-down lines. Many visitors say that Philadelphia is probably the roughest place for both opposing fans and opposing teams, because the fans here are just absolutely brutal. The fans know a lot about football and they expect to win, but they still come even when the team is down

The Fan Cost Index, or average price of a family of four to buy four tickets, soft drinks and hot dogs, two small beers, programs and caps, plus parking, is $412.64 a game. That's up 4.1% from last year. The Cowboys lead again with an FCI (Fan Cost Index) average of $758.58.The average price of a beer at NFL games this season is $6.80, same as last year. Attending live games is an expensive and time-consuming proposition, Goodell says. He wants to make the experience as "safe and enjoyable" as possible for the 17 million spectators expected at games this season. Some fans are skeptical about the NFL's efforts to reach out to them and say that if the league really wanted to show fans they feel their pain, teams would slash prices on tickets, food and parking. Most NFL teams would say they've always gone the extra mile on customer service, the 49ers' Dolich says. However, clubs that have gone from feast to famine in the space of one recession readily admit to treating customers with more tender loving care this season.

Steelers and Eagles fans are no-brainers as top-five selections, but they seem to come at things from a much different perspective. The Steelers have had so much success over the years that fans can live through a 6-10 season without doing anything to harm themselves or others. In that respect, they take their cue from the Rooney family. I've heard Pittsburgh referred to as a "big little town," which is not something you'd say about Philadelphia. Eagles fans are just as loyal as Steelers fans, but they have a different way of showing it. Unlike places such as Dallas and Miami, Philadelphia isn't home to a lot of transplants. People aren't trying to leave, and potential newcomers aren't arriving any time soon. It sort of creates this bunker mentality that seems to fuel passion for local teams but mainly the Eagles.Some of the stories over the years have been embellished, but I still think Philadelphia and perhaps Oakland are the last places you should wear an opposing team's jersey. Wearing a Cowboys jersey in certain sections of the Linc will almost guarantee you a fistfight. But for whatever reason (Halloween costumes perhaps), the infamous Black Hole in Oakland seems to have a more dangerous element.