[Rockingham]

The economic reality of the relationship between the NFL and the broadcasters is that the source of the cash paid to the NFL by broadcasters is ad revenue, which in turn is based on audience size and demographics. Consumer preferences matter.

As for what the article said about who decides on Super Bowl acts, ponder the implications of the following quote from it: "In fact, West was apparently interested in the 2016 gig - NFL, why won't you let Kanye be great?" I take this to mean that the NFL made the decision.

[discostu]

You just can’t admit you were wrong can you? Sad. But we are clearly done.

All that sentence shows is that the author of the article didn’t bother to do any research.