5 Reasons to Like CFL Half Time Shows

The Super Bowl is barely over and once again there is outrage over liking the half time show or not.  If you missed it, the show was Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Guests.  It was a spectacle.  Some disliked it while others are out with pitchforks demanding you like half clad 40+ year old women.

Does it really matter if we agree?

As I stated on Twitter (@smilingsandra), We don't have to agree on whether we liked the half time show or not. People are diverse. We aren't all going to like the same things.

So I got to thinking.  What are the reasons I prefer CFL half time shows?  After I thought about it of course I decided to write about it!

5.  The CFL Grey Cup half time show is a celebration.  It's a community of football fans coming together.  That's not to say the Super Bowl isn't, but it appears to me that the Super Bowl is more about television spectacle and not in stadium entertainment.  In the CFL, alliances are put aside all week and at the game to just have fun together.

4.  The CFL half time Show traditionally features more music.  Medleys and mash ups are fun but if you aren't already familiar with the artist dancing on their TV's they aren't going to do much to entice them to be sought out and added to their Spotify playlist.  You just get into the song and then BAM! they're on to the next snippet.  Artists don't have to perform their whole catelogue.  We just want to hear some favourites and bop along!

3.  There's no way JLo could have worn those outfits at a Grey Cup.  She and Shakira look great but it doesn't leave much to the imagination.  The temperatures at the majority of Grey Cups is in the minus Celsius temperatures.  Let me be clear here, it doesn't matter to me if they are women or men...they'd be in completely different costumes for a Grey Cup because they'd have to handle the elements.

2.  The CFL is for family entertainment.  Everyone can gather around the TV with their snacks and enjoy.  There's no explaining away costume malfunctions or stripper poles.  Parties and gatherings for these events are advertised for weeks before hand but isn't it more fun when you can enjoy them with your kids and grandparents too?  I know that's a reason we all enjoyed Keith Urban in 2019.

1.  Dog sleds and flying snowmobiles.  

* mic drop *

As you may be aware, the 2020 Grey Cup is once again in Riderville! *woot woot*  Who do you want to see as the half time act?