Katy Perry Will Be Your Super Bowl Halftime Performer

Promising on ESPN this weekend that she would never pay to play the Super Bowl which the NFL apparently wanted, she nonetheless secured the gig and will be performing in front of an estimated television audience of over 120M people. Not a bad job if you can get it. Rihanna had been rumored to get the job but with the whole controversy of her song getting pulled because she had been the victim of domestic violence, she was apparently ticked off with not only CBS, but the entire NFL and didn't have any desire to play. The problem with the NFL wanting acts to pay to play is that they need someone who is going to keep viewers around during the 30 minute plus halftime show. The singers or bands they want are not the type who need to pay because they already sell millions of records and make millions of dollars every time they perform. Plus, who can really monetarily quantify the boost in record sales or airplay or increased people attending shows. What we will get is probably a medley of shits combined with three or four really quick costume changes and probably nothing at all controversial which is what the NFL wants.