Did super bowls I-IV really matter?

Question

They merely were just exhibition games for bragging rights between the NFL and AFL- so was it really legitimate?

Answer 1

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They mattered more than the Super Bowl does now. There were fewer playoff teams, making it harder to make it into the Playoffs, let alone the Super Bowl.

Answer 2

Yes, it was a pivotal point in professional football history. Some of us old-timers remember how the upstart AFL, personified in Joe Namath.challenged the established NFL. If the AFL was going to survive as an organization and a business they would have to prove they could play with the big boys(Packers,Colts, Giants,etc). Look what happened to the USFL.

Answer 3

If you are talking about the First Two Packers super Bowls and Namath's Upset, in Super bowl 3, and KC winning super Bowl 4, Think it was Legitimate.

Answer 4

I think they really did matter, because they set the foundation for the Superbowl games that followed, so yes I think they were VERY important and do matter. Plus it's great NFL history.

Answer 5

yea it was...because the Packers won the 1st 2 superbowls....Vince Lombardi was their coach and now the trophy is named after him...if the Packers didnt win the 1st 2 superbowls...it would be named something else...

Answer 6

Which superbowl has mattered

Answer 7

You youngsters shouldn't put down the things you don't understand!!

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