That could have been a factor, that the front office staff for the NFL may have gotten a lot of angry phone calls and e-mails from people offended by the trashy performance of Beyonce.
Well, I hope you are right. But it seems that every year they push the envelope, and people put up with it.
Performances over the past several years have been inappropriate. I don’t really watch any more, but I do remember watching one year and being really annoyed that they had a foreigner who does not even like America, Paul McCartney.
Last year was, I think, Madonna. Again, I did not watch it, but I am pretty sure I read accounts that talked of how inappropriate it was.
One year, it was Timberlake and the Jackson woman with the “wardrobe malfunction”. Everyone one FOX News was chatting about the flashing that went on, but I do not recall any of them commenting on the disgusting nature of the song’s lyrics and inappropriate choreography. The title of the song was “Rock Your Body” and the line in which he exposed her was “Better have you naked by the end of this song”. (I had to look that us because it just sounds so outrageous that I was afraid I was remembering some parody.) I am not familiar with the song, but that line is probably just one of many disgusting ones. I distinctly remember seeing in the news clips that the choreography had him handling her very roughly, but I don’t remember any gasps about that part of the routine.
Anyway — long post, sorry — I guess my point is that people just have not been raising cain about how these shows push the envelope in terms of costumes and choreography. I have not heard of sponsor boycott threats or email/phone call campaigns. So I hope you are right and that people are finally complaining.