Even the Media Gets in on the Miami Partying

OK, so the Super Bowl Host Committee didn’t rent out a strip club like Diddy for Super Bowl weekend, but they did make sure all assembled media members got at least one crack at the party scene. Loaded on buses and shipped from the media center in Ft. Lauderdale to the beach in Miami, the media was treated to a cover band, free food and music, and this …↵
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↵No, these were not media members riding a mechanical bull down on the beach. They were ringers (maybe called in working the week before Diddy’s weekend bash?), but the whole event speaks volumes as to the money that’s made on a weekend like this. Full open bars along with a ridiculously huge food spread that abides by the media motto: leave no one underfed. (Seriously, both me and Michael Tunison were asked to enter a cookie-eating contest. There was actually a candy station where you could fill big bags up to take home.)↵↵Unlike a few years ago, we saw no one really actin’ a fool. Even when the cover band broke out “Don’t Stop Believin’” toward the end of the party, the masses managed to resist their urge to dance for the most part. Still, an impressive way to cap what should be the longest day of work -- well, prior to Sunday anyway -- during Super Bowl week. (For more, check out the fireworks display that ended the night, which was definitely better than anything I saw on the Fourth of July.)↵

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