So, the Super Bowl parties aren’t going to be so super this year.

Darn. I’m holding back the tears. Really, I am.

According to a Reuters.com article, Playboy and Sports Illustrated magazines have canceled their Super Bowl parties this year due to the craptastic economic state.

Way to go, boys.

I won’t even talk about all the puns I could make right now to show how the lure of Playboy bunnies can’t even stimulate the economy.

Ok. Maybe I just did. My bad.

But my point is a real one. Even SI, a publication with more reason than any other to celebrate the big game, has 86’d its festivities in favor of being more money-friendly. Props to them.

It seems as if somebody ‑ if not the people who should be paying attention, ahem ‑ was listening to the nation complaining about Fortune 500 companies in the red dishing out million-dollar bonuses. Their consumers were the same people calling foul on the tacky CEOs who took their bonuses and ran.

Even the Hamburglar couldn’t have carried out a juicier scheme.

While I can’t call myself a bona fide sports fan, even I don’t mind enjoying myself on Super Bowl Sunday. There’s nothing like having a good time by celebrating men smashing into each other for fun.

I give the sports mag and Playboy both props for not throwing unnecessarily lavish events. News outlets everywhere are laden with stories from across the country of people struggling to make ends meet.

If these two companies can cancel their bashes in favor of being smarter with their money, I might even go out and buy a copy of each periodical as my high five to them.

That’s not true.

While I probably won’t, I will publicly acknowledge their attention to current events, and I will do so gladly.

Now, back to my anti-sports cave.