As someone involved on the periphery (I work for a neighboring coastal city), I can say that the 71,000 fans who paid all that for their tickets contributed much more to state and local taxes which are helping small cities get back on their feet after COVID-19, than they would have if they'd sat in their mansions. They bought airline tickets and chartered jets. They ate in local restaurants and slept in local hotels. And, yes, they snarled up traffic eight ways to Sunday, but the infusion of revenue, goodwill and plain old recovery into the local economy was far beyond what we watched on TV. I also believe masks were optional because health screenings were done at the door with temperatures taken and vaccine cards checked. And, to the point about the half-time show, hip-hop may not be your cup of tea but the show was appropriate for its time and place. Inglewood and it's neighbors South LA and Compton (which you could see in the sets, which were local landmarks on a map of the part of LA in which they were) were given due credit for producing tremendous talent and success stories. And Eminem taking a knee at the end of "Lose Yourself," an anthem about self-expression and freedom, spoke volumes without a word spoken. The NFL is evolving. This isn't obvious unless you are a local, but it was meaningful to me and gives me hope.