The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event Review

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The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event ReviewWeiss pretty much ran the Super Bowl from the NFL offices for its first ten years or so. A close advisor to Pete Rozelle, he was certainly on the inside as the NFL transformed from a league less important than college football to today's juggernaut.
This book is strongest in the years 1966-70, the first few Super Bowls, the time of the merger. Weiss gives us almost blow by blow action during this time. After that (and the book is very loosely structured to disguise this) there is some info about the Seventies Super Bowls, and almost none (except for "My favorite years", and some topical references to 9/11) after that, when Weiss was no longer responsible for the running of the Super Bowl. So while the book is billed as a history of the Super Bowl, it is more a history of the first four or five than anything else, with a few later anecdotes. There are plenty of anecdotes, if that is what you're looking for. Oh, and you'll find that Super Bowl III is given the full treatment you'd expect.
Weiss is an NFL insider, and clearly an NFL loyalist as well. The late Pete Rozelle comes across larger than life in this book. While he was a great man and a great commissioner, he doesn't seem human, as recorded by Weiss. Other NFL loyalists (Tex Schramm, for example), get similar treatment, while those less loyal to Rozelle (Al Davis, for example), get the tear down treatment. The Raiders' Super Bowl wins when the league was in the midst of litigation aren't mentioned (and the lawsuits only by allusion). Maybe this would have made Davis look too good? Yet those moments in the locker room, with Rozelle forced to pass the Lombardi Trophy to his litigation opponent, were fascinating for the fan (who doesn't have Weiss's access) to watch. They aren't mentioned.
It's a decent book, and an enjoyable read. But for one looking for a history of this NFL era, read a selection of books, from the rabblerousing "The League" to more loyalist treatments like this, to get a full perspective. There really isn't an unbiased treatment I'd recommend.The Making of the Super Bowl: The Inside Story of the World's Greatest Sporting Event Overview
"[Weiss] . . . has some interesting tales to tell." --Boston Globe

"Weiss is one of the NFL's unsung heroes, yet his influence is evident each year. This book takes readers backstage to reveal how the event has grown." --USA Today

"Written as Weiss would write it, honestly and with a sense of fairness." --Pro Football Weekly


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