"We used to be a country": Tyrese Haliburton sounds off on Super Bowl's fall off from fan perspective

Tyrese Haliburton is one of many NBA players who tuned in to the Super Bowl on Sunday night. Haliburton is supporting the San Francisco 49ers due to his friendship with fellow Iowa State product Brock Purdy, but the Indiana Pacers superstar is not happy with this year's Super Bowl ads.

Haliburton tweeted that the Super Bowl ads no longer have the magic they used to have. He reckons they are so bad that they have fallen off as a country.

"Super Bowl commercials used to mean something man. We used to be a country," Haliburton wrote.

It's unclear what Tyrese Haliburton really meant by what he posted, but fans seemed to agree with the All-Star. Some fans think that the ads have turned too political and divisive, with Israel and a religious group able to pay millions to show their ads.

One fan replied:

"Everything is meant to divide us. We are stronger together. That's what they fear."

However, not all ads were divisive, and some were like the usual commercials shown in every Super Bowl.

Some of the ads for this year's event included Beyonce for Verizon, Aubrey Plaza for Mountain Dew, Arnold Schwarzenegger for State Farm, Christopher Walker for BMW and Stone Cold Steve Austin for Kawasaki.

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Tyrese Haliburton and Brock Purdy formed a friendship in college

Tyrese Haliburton and Brock Purdy are friends who both started at Iowa State.

Tyrese Haliburton is one of the best point guards in the NBA, while Brock Purdy is one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL.

Both players are products of the Iowa State Cyclones and formed a friendship during their college days.

"We both started as freshmen, and that's somebody that I could really call a friend," Haliburton said in December.

"To see what he's doing and succeeding the way that he is, that's really cool to see especially being from Iowa State, where it's not a school that's expected to have this much success at the professional level in any sport."

Haliburton spent two seasons in Iowa State before getting drafted 12th overall in the 2020 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. He was traded to the Indiana Pacers in his second season, where he turned into a two-time All-Star.

Meanwhile, Purdy spent four years with the Cyclones before becoming Mr. Irrelevant, the last pick of the 2022 NFL draft. He still became the San Francisco 49ers' full-time starting quarterback in his second season. He led the 49ers to the Super Bowl but fell short against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime in a 25-22 defeat.

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