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Would You Volunteer For Next Year's Super Bowl?  By NPR Staff |
07/31/2013   Apparently, though, there are more chumps in New
Jersey than we see on television's Jersey Shore or hear about in
the Rutgers athletic department. I mean, if you want to
volunteer, there are so many things that could really use your
help. Like hospitals and schools and churches and museums and
libraries and all sorts of wonderful charities. Why would
anybody volunteer for the Super Bowl?  Of course, golf and
tennis tournaments, where the players and promoters make
hundreds of thousands of dollars, have been getting suckers to
volunteer for years. It's amazing how sports seduces us fans.
We can take some comfort that it's not just American citizens
who are such easy marks. Whole cities and countries throw
themselves at sports. Most recently, no doubt you've heard about
the riots in Rio de Janeiro, where the Brazil