Evidently, he's flying with ogres. (If you listen to My Sacrifice by Creed, part of the chorus sounds like "A boat on the ogres will fly with Springsteen to my eye, my sacrifice." That's how I first heard of him.) I think he's actually country, and not everyone is a fan of that music. He fits the generalized tastes of the stereotypical middle aged man, who are normally the ones who make the football players and all related so rich buy buying their merchandise.