In case you missed it, the Super Bowl took place on Sunday in Los Angeles. Spoiler alert, Rams won 23 to 20 over the Bengals.
California, of course, is still under some rather strict Covid protocols, but as with most rules, they do not apply equally to everyone. Upon entering SoFi Stadium, every fan was handed a KN95 mask to wear when they were not eating or drinking. From the looks of the TV broadcast, that rule followed probably about 5% of the time, if even that.
The most noteworthy violaters, however, were all the celebrities in attendance, none of whom were ever pictured wearing a mask throughout the entire game.
Here’s a nice clip from the NBC broadcast of the star-studded barefaced bonanza of celebrities flouting of the California indoor mask mandate at SoFi Stadium during the Super Bowl:
Here’s the video of every celebrity without a mask during the Super Bowl. But every kid in California will have to be wearing them tomorrow in school. They must all be holding their breaths the entire game. pic.twitter.com/Dc9yVd7RPf
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) February 14, 2022
Children in California this morning will be suspended or barred from entering school grounds unless they are wearing a face covering. It’s arguable, of course, that education and children are more important than a football game and celebrities partying, but they get the pass while school kids get the mask.
The stadium, ahead of time, warned offenders that you wouldn’t be allowed to be “eating” a bag of popcorn for three hours with your mask down:
But the mask rule will remain in effect for the Super Bowl, and stadium officials insisted they will enforce it. The rule requires masks at all times, except when “actively” eating or drinking.
“That doesn’t mean you buy a bucket of popcorn and eat it for two hours. Actively eating and drinking,” Russ Simons, senior vice president for campus and facility operations for SoFi Stadium, said earlier. “We’re on to you.”
That threat was utter nonsense as thousands of fans were shown on television maskless, clearly not eating or drinking at the time. The moral of the story is that football stadiums which are mask-required are really mask-optional, especially if you’re a celebrity.
The truth here is that rules don’t apply to football stadiums of tens of thousands of drunk cheering people, they only apply to classrooms of twenty students seated, sitting two feet apart, listening to a teacher quietly.
As USA Today noted, there was not a mask in sight despite every fan being provided with one upon entry:
"Not a mask in sight here."
KN95 masks were given out at the Super Bowl, but few attendees, including celebrities, were seen wearing them. https://t.co/v78cQCndO2
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) February 14, 2022
If adults have decided they don’t need to wear a mask, then surely children do not need to wear them, either. The hypocrisy of watching whiny celebrities, many of who have spoken in favor of Covid mandates and restrictions, openly partying maskless against the rules of the stadium while children must remain masked all school day is the peak of this clownish debate.
It’s time to unmask children in school by giving them an option to do so. It’s really that simple.
Despite mask mandate for the Super Bowl, numerous celebrities caught maskless at SoFi Stadium https://t.co/fZ5sF4Mw1w
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) February 14, 2022
If 70,000 screaming fans can rip off their masks seated on top of each other for four hours, then surely children in classrooms can safely remove their pointless face coverings.
The more and more celebrities help us through trying times, by demonstrating that rules shouldn’t apply to them the same way they apply to others, then perhaps they’re doing a public service after all.
As one Twitter user noted, children should attend school maskless today and just claim their “Super Bowl Celebrity” accommodation.
