Ben Shapiro

Freelance writer

In all likelihood Chris Culliver has already played alongside a homosexual teammate. He might even be suiting up with one this Sunday, when his 49ers take on the Baltimore Ravens in The Super Bowl.

Costaki Economopoulos

Comedian, "The Economonologues."

A Harris poll shows that the NFL popularity is at an all time high. 59 percent of the population says they follow pro football. The other 41 percent follow the Browns.

Shira Lazar

Co-founder, WhatsTrending.com

We put a selection of the biggest Super Bowl ads from the game's broadcast history on our Facebook page and asked YOU to vote on your favorites. And now we have them -- the All Time Top 3 Super Bowl Ads.

Stuart Claxton

Marketing Director, Guinness World Records

In true Guinness World Records fashion however it would be wildly remiss of me not to include a few perhaps less well-known football-related factoids which we believe are just as noteworthy in honor of the special occasion.

Ben Shapiro

Freelance writer

The Super Bowl is only a little more than three days away, but the for the NFL it can't happen soon enough.

Gavin Shulman

Writer, Producer

Dangerous or not we need to allow them to pursue their own dreams. Most football players play because they want to. Most soldiers fight because they have to. I wonder, Mr. President, which would you prefer your child to participate in?

Mitch Goldich

Freelance sportswriter, avid traveler

Back in September, while most of the football-watching world was worrying about replacement refs, I felt the league's decision to review all turnovers automatically had slipped undeservingly under the radar. So what happened in 2012?

Michelangelo Signorile

Editor-at-large, HuffPost Gay Voices

Thanks to players like Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendan Ayanbadejo and their pro-gay advocacy, we're seeing a shift among NFL players, but the leadership needs to take strong stand against Culliver's kind of bigotry if that shift is to continue.

Brian Czech

President, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy

The NFL has a huge and growing ecological footprint in an age when the planet and the grandkids can't afford it.

Jesse Lawrence

CEO, TiqIQ

Super Bowl XLVII certainly has its share of hype and intrigue. However, ticket prices on the secondary market aren't reflecting the same magnitude.

Hudson Taylor

Division I wrestling coach, Columbia University; founder and executive director, Athlete Ally

With this year's Super Bowl featuring two teams with vocal allies for the LGBT community in the Ravens' linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and the 49ers' head coach Jim Harbaugh, I'm hopeful that their fans may one day be as passionate about LGBT inclusion as they are about the game.

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Domonique Foxworth

President, NFL Players Association

Trying to understand what drives some people to make astoundingly callous decisions continues to perplex and dishearten me, as an American citizen and as NFLPA President.

Brad Harrington

Executive Director, Boston College Center for Work & Family and Research Professor in the Carroll School of Management www.bc.edu/cwf @BCCWF

Last week, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced their intention to lift the ...

Karen Dalton-Beninato

New Orleans writer at karendaltonbeninato.com

Welcome to New Orleans, 5,000 reporters, bloggers, Instagrammers, Pinteresters, Facebookers and Tweeters here to cover Super Bowl 47. Our streetcar li...

Elyse Luray

Appraiser

The football market for one of a kind authentic memorabilia is finally about to blow wide open. Given current market trends, collecting now is almost a sure bet. But how about Ray Lewis?