Super bowl 1/2 Time Question

[waterninja]

At some point this year I heard the announcers talking about the idea of the 1/2 time performer having to pay to do the 1/2 time show.
Is that what happened? Did Katy Perry have to pay for the privelage of performing at half time?

[tbiddy]

There was talk of the performer having to pay but the NFL realized how dumb that was and scrapped that idea. Katy Perry didn't have to pay.

[schmedlap]

On the latest super bowl episode of the Simpsons, Homer had to pay for the privilege of producing the half time show, featuring Ned Flanders and a biblical pageant, and it wasn't a big hit - go figure (?). He handed over a stack of bills to Goodell. So, if Homer had to pay, I can only assume KP does - Homer is WAY bigger than her.

[leeaspell]

Was the sound quality horrible for anyone else? I had it cranked and the quilty was kind of like listening to a car down the street with the radio turned up

[HalfBreed]

I got my laugh.

Firework

I hope James Franco sang along.

[Bigwoodsman]

Was the sound quality horrible for anyone else? I had it cranked and the quilty was kind of like listening to a car down the street with the radio turned up

Good sound on my Samsung. But then again I'm deaf.

BW

[leeaspell]

Good sound on my Samsung. But then again I'm deaf.

BW

Had it on NBC hd. Commercials are good, game was good. Half time show quality was horrible

[justsomeguy]

Rumor was they said they did not want to pay her, but she called BS and they ended up paying her. And no, I'm not watching ET, my wife and 9 year old told me that :)

[fordtruckin]

Who knows! I've heard they have to pay something...

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/19/nfl-wants-super-bowl-halftime-performers-to-pay-for-the-privilege/

NFL wants Super Bowl halftime performers to pay for the privilege

Posted by Mike Florio on August 19, 2014, 8:29 PM EST

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As it has grown and grown and grown some more, the NFL has continued to find more and more and more revenue streams.

The latest could be the Super Bowl halftime show. Currently a gig the performer plays for free in order to turn a gigantic international platform into the high profile and profits that go with it, the league now wants a cut.

According to the Wall Street Journal (via SportsBusiness Daily), the NFL has asked the three artists under consideration for the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show to “contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income” to the NFL, or to “make some other type of financial contribution.” Per the report, the idea received a “chilly reception” from the representatives of Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Coldplay.

Regardless, it only takes one performer to bite the hook in order for the NFL to parlay the halftime show into even more of a moneymaker. And it’s entirely possible that the league leaked the development in order to pressure one of the three to blink, given that plenty of other performers who would gladly give up a piece of a pie they otherwise don’t have will now be calling the league to offer whatever the league wants for the privilege of playing to one of the biggest audiences in TV history

[tbiddy]

Rumor was they said they did not want to pay her, but she called BS and they ended up paying her. And no, I'm not watching ET, my wife and 9 year old told me that :)

Partially true:

Her arrangement will be similar to recent performers like Bruno Mars and Beyoncé: the league won’t give her a fee, but they’ll cover the show’s multi-million dollar production costs.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/01/30/why-katy-perry-isnt-getting-paid-or-paying-for-super-bowl-halftime-gig/