Goodell seems to back the plan Brad Biggs
The buzz is that commissioner Roger Goodell supports a Super Bowl in New York in four years. Whether or not he can push it through when owners vote in a meeting in Dallas in May remains to be seen. Some owners like going somewhere warm for the Super Bowl.
The new stadium that the Giants and Jets will open next season is open air. But they got past the league’s requirement that cold-weather sites play indoors. That’s a big sign that the league could push this through, according to Gary Myers of the New York Daily News.
"I hope it's there, I hope it snows and I hope the Patriots are in the game," New England owner Robert Kraft told Myers. "I think there is some real support for it. I know I personally will lobby anyone I can."
"I think there are real benefits to the league considering this as an option," Goodell said Friday during his annual press conference from the Super Bowl in Miami, the 10th time that city has held the game.
"I think the idea of playing in the elements is central to the way the game of football is played. I think being able to do that and celebrate the game of football in the No. 1 market could have tremendous benefits to the league going forward,” Goodell said. “I think you will see that - I think our two co-chairmen are here, Woody Johnson and Jon Tisch - they will put together a very aggressive bid, one that will demonstrate the value of playing in New York and they will be competing against some great cities also. It will be an interesting vote, but I will stand on the sidelines and watch."
New York will be in the running against Miami, Tampa, Glendale, Ariz., and Houston. The winning city must get 75 percent of the vote.
It will be very interesting to see if the NFL considers a cold-weather Super Bowl and playing the game in the elements. Especially knowing New York could get dumped on with snow just like D.C. is getting hammered this weekend.
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Football was indeed intended to be played in the elements. Why else would so many northeastern playoff games get played in the evening? When we were kids, we ALWAYS wanted to play in the rain. That was the best time to play.
Through the years, I have been to games in all sorts of conditions. I have been to domes and I HATE'EM! I was at Mile Hi for the MNF game in a blizzard in '84. {Tix were free.) I endured heat in early season games at the LA Colesium and I have really dealt with some heavy rainstorms in Oakland. (season finale against KC in '02 being most significant.) And the adverse conditions make the game better.
What makes the game interesting is the ability of a team to adjust to the adverse conditions. Do you have a RB that is a mudder? What about your WRs? Can they learn to catch in the cold? Can your QB grip and throw the ball in the snow? Will your team wilt in the heat of Miami? Do we take the wind now and take a lead or do we take the wind in the 4th? Can my kicker make one in the wind? All of that is what makes the game of football great. The sanitized conditions of these domes take away from the strategies.
All that being said, all the corporate muckety-mucks are gonna whine that they got wet or cold. Remember all the whining after the rainstorm last time in Miami? The suits want the game sanitized, much to the detriment of the game.
Well Otto and John said about all that needs to be said and I agree with them 110% . However I think the TWINKIES aren't only in baseball but you can bet money teams like San Diego who have a history of SUCKING IN BAD WEATHER ARE GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT. Besides that as Otto said the trend today is to sanitize the game and put it under a microscope examing EACH AND EVERY PLAY OVER AND OVER BY THE OFFICIALS. I know this is a BIG MONEY BUSINESS BUT the game needs to get back to its roots because you are ruining it with this nit picking.
I think this is awful. I watch the Super Bowl to see who the best team is, not who can play in bad weather the best.
Kwin, the best team is the one that can adjust to the conditions around them. Whether it is a slippery field, wind or in the Super Bowl, it can come down to which QB adjusts to the slippery ball. The SB uses a brand new ball for virtually every play (more actual SB used game balls to be sold) and the ball gets easier to grip as it gets used more.
Football was made to be played in mud, rain and snow. Not on plastic or rubber rugs placed on concrete. The grass stains are a part of the uniform. That's how you can tell who's been playing.
What a bunch of ignorant comments on here. How does playing in bad weather show any kind of skill at all? It's all luck. Perfect weather allows the TRUE best team to win. I want to see what this QB can do in perfect conditions. If he still chokes, then it was on him. If he gets into a winter game and fumbles three times or blows out his knee slipping, how is that REAL football? Pure ignorance.
Also Dallas needs more preseason reps to evaluate their young players. They had half their 09 draft class on IR at the end of the year plus their 10 rookies.
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Feb 06, 2010
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I used to be a big Vikings fan along with my Jets but when they moved indoors I lost interest in them. Ironically, the Twinkies will be plaing Baseball in an outdoor stadium next year while the Vikings remain in the Dome. Football, to me, is meant to be played in cold weather....there was nothing I enjoyed more as a kid then playing football in the snow. Football in domes should be relegated to cities where it is too hot to play outdoors, not cold and windy.....