The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet on Feb. 7 to play in the 60th Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL). It’s certain to be the most highly viewed television program of the year in the United States. But football isn’t just a mainstay of U.S. culture—it’s also an enormous business. What is the relationship between football and the U.S. military? Does football lead to violence in American society? And are Super Bowl commercials worth their