You might want to schedule your beer refills and bathroom breaks during the actual game this year because word on the street is Super Bowl commercials will be as juicy as ever this time around.<\/p>\n
As it turns out, more people tune in for Super Bowl ads than for the actual football game (51 percent compared to 49 percent), according to a Nielsen Co. survey from last month.<\/p>\n
The coveted 39-second commercial slots go for as much as $2.8 million, down from $3 million last year. CBS had companies vying for the 45 minutes of ad space, but the network has the last say on what gets in.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s pretty clear why an ad of a man running over a woman for a bag of Doritos chips didn\u2019t make the cut, but why not a commercial for a gay dating site that shows man-on-man action? A little out there for football watchers, perhaps.<\/p>\n
The most controversial ad centers around a certain A-word that shall not be named. (okay, I give in\u2026 \u201ca-bor-tion.\u201d)<\/p>\n
The incensing ad supposedly<\/em> features Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow\u2019s mother Pam talking about how, while pregnant with Tim, doctors advised her to abort the fetus because of expected fetal damages. Pam ignored the warnings and had the baby that would grow up to be a professional football player.<\/p>\n One point for the pro-life side.<\/p>\n But, wait, before you flip the score card\u2026this just in: While pregnant, Mrs. Tebow was living in the Philippines where abortion is illegal. Will the commercial admit the fact that abortion wasn\u2019t technically an option for Mrs. Tebow?<\/p>\n Women\u2019s rights advocate and attorney Gloria Allred said the Focus on the Family advocacy ad would be misleading if it didn\u2019t include all the details of the story.<\/p>\n And president of Women\u2019s Media Center Jehmu Greene quipped on Fox News that \u201cThis is clearly a thinly veiled attempts to undermine a woman\u2019s right to make reproductive rights.\u201d<\/p>\n Planned Parenthood retaliated with an ad that references the Tebow commercial with former Viking Sean James and Olympic gold medalist Al Joyner saying they \u201crespect and honor\u201d Mrs. Tebow\u2019s choice and that only women can make the best decisions about their health and their futures. \u201cWe\u2019re working towards the day when every woman\u2019s decision about her health and her family will be respected [\u2026] We celebrate our families by trusting women.\u201d<\/p>\n