The National Football League is America’s best-known and most monetarily successful sports league. Unsurprisingly, football is, by far, a favorite sport of a large percentage of America’s population. The regular football season culminates in the Super Bowl, the playoff championship game that usually occurs near the year’s start.
In 2024, the Super Bowl will be taking place on February 11, at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Excitement is high, tension is growing, and oddsmakers are doing their best to provide fair and balanced customer odds. However, many bettors are tired of the same old bets and are looking for something new.
Crazy Super Bowl Prop Bets
The idea of a prop bet is quite simple. The bookie makes a proposition (which is where the prop comes from in the first place), and the oddsmakers create odds for the probability of that proposition coming true. Bettors then wager on said odds, depending on how likely they believe the outcome to be.
There are a lot of common and quite popular prop bets that most football fans are familiar with. For example, you can certainly find sites that offer prop bets on who will score first, which player will get the first touchdown, which team will win the coin toss etc.
However, if you want to look beyond the most popular or common bets, oddsmakers have been doing a pretty good job, especially online. Let’s look at some of the crazy Super Bowl prop bets that most people are unfamiliar with.
Props for the Performer’s Dress Style
The Super Bowl halftime show is just as popular as the Super Bowl game itself. The mini-concert lasts 15-20 minutes during half-time while the teams regroup, take a breather, and develop a strategy.
The Super Bowl halftime show is as old as the event itself, and throughout the years, there have been some truly spectacular performances and a lot of duds. But, what has captured folks about the half-time show is not just the music but also the fashion of the performers.
Naturally, odds makers have noticed this. This is why, in 2024, you will not be too hard-pressed to find some odds on Usher’s dress code. Will he come out with a suit and tie, or will he wear a more stree-casual combo, with a personalized bandana and sneakers? Everything we know about Usher points to the former, but he may surprise us all.
Will a Player Get Benched?
As popular as the half-time show is, it doesn’t have much to do with players. So, instead, let’s focus on prop bets that specifically involve players and can get a little crazy. For example, there are often prop bets on whether players will get benched and for what reason.
- Breaking the Rules: Many people’s adrenaline is running high in a high-intensity situation like a football match. It is, therefore, unsurprising that some might unwittingly break the rules. If the rule break is severe, they may just get benched.
- Aggressive Behavior: adrenaline is running high during a football match. Even the most reserved player could reach their boiling point in a moment of weakness and begin acting aggressively. This would result in a benching.
- Concussion: one of the more bizarre and morbid prop bets. Most of us are familiar with the history of concussions among NFL players. Concussions are dangerous and reduce cognitive performance, so understandably, a lot of people find it tasteless that bettors place odds on whether a player will suffer one mid-game. Still, a lot of other customers love the concept.
Embarrassing Moments
Though exceedingly rare, odd makers have created odds on whether a player will embarrass himself in some way. This could be the camera catching the player during an embarrassing moment or outside the game.
For example, if a certain player is running towards the field goal, trips over himself, drops the ball and fumbles the chance of a lifetime, that would be an embarrassing moment. Similarly, a player who says something incomprehensible during an interview and goes viral would also be embarrassing.
As we said, these kinds of bets are not particularly popular. However, there have been sportsbooks that have experimented with them. If you look hard enough, you might just stumble upon some odds.
FAQ
What is a prop bet?
A propositional bet, or simply a prop bet, is a wager where players gamble on the likelihood of a certain proposition made by the bookie coming true. It is a popular and fun way to wager.
Are there half-time show prop bets?
Yes, there are. We’ve talked about some of them in this article. Popular ones involve betting on the performer’s dress style and which songs they will perform.
Can I bet on the Super Bowl online?
Absolutely. There are a ton of online bookies that will undoubtedly cover the Super Bowl. Odds have already been released, in fact.
