Today it was announced that Super Bowl XLVIII (that's 48) in 2014 will be played in New York/New Jersey. This will be the first cold weather Super Bowl in my lifetime, so I have no reference on reaction to previous cold weather championships except what I've seen on NFL films.
But I can always offer my opinion, and there's no way you can stop me.
Moving past the fact that the NFL can't seem to choose one team to host, because the city of New York and state of New Jersey force their professional teams to share a stadium. This has the potential to be one of the greatest, or one of the worst decisions in recent NFL history.
I've seen mixed reactions to this decision as well. Some media think it's great. Others don't. Some players love the idea, including Eli Manning who said in a television interview that one of his favorite games was the NFC Championship in Green Bay, one of the coldest games ever in NFL history. Others I'm sure would rather be on the beach in Miami partying with girls in bikinis and free drinks all week.
Don't tell me that the players don't drink that week. I've seen pictures. If you don't play in the game, the next best thing is to party the whole week. Those parties won't be as glamourous stuffed inside a New York bar as they were last year out in the Miami sunshine.
But here's what matters, there's a game to be played. That is the ONLY thing that matters. Who, and how that game is played are all circumstances that we won't know until the week of the game. If the game is Arizona vs. Miami, then both teams are at an equal disadvantage. If it's Giants vs Jets, then it will be the weirdest Super Bowl I can remember, but at least both teams will be used to the weather, which will give neither team an advantage.
Michael Strahan said it best, "Talent can handle any weather."
If you want to complain about the weather and make excuses, then you don't need to be in the Super Bowl.
So grab some hand warmers, foot warmers, extra socks, gloves, hat, coat, heated bench, and space heaters and let's play. And if you have a dome, that might not hurt either.
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Point proven on the Giants vs Jets or Dolphins vs AZ, but how about if two opposite teams play each other; Green Bay plays Houston or the Cowboys play Pittsburgh? I agree that players, coaches, and fans would take any weather as long as their team was in the big game, but will they already be starting the game at a disadvantage? If so then that's not the point of the game. The point is to start the game as neutral as possible, not already handicapping a team because of their location.
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