| NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently came | | | | the NFL championship game up north. The current |
| out in favor of having the Super Bowl in a cold | | | | favorite to buck the trend is the new Giants and |
| city. This would go against the National Football | | | | Jets stadium in New Jersey. The owners of both |
| League's rule requiring a minimum game time | | | | teams and local organizers are lobbying hard to |
| temperature of fifty degrees. Many are surprised | | | | get the 2014 Super Bowl to their brand new |
| at the commissioner's open and frank comments | | | | stadium. It would make for an interesting and |
| on the issue. It is refreshing to have such an | | | | unique experience. After all, football is a winter |
| influential figure come right out and state their | | | | game. Every single team, even teams in Miami |
| opinion rather than couch their feelings in a | | | | and San Diego play at least a couple of games |
| politically correct or wishy washy way. | | | | each year in a cold climate. Let's have the biggest |
| Football is the most popular professional sport in | | | | game of the year in thirty degree weather for a |
| America and it is definitely the strongest financially. | | | | change. |
| It commands television contracts that dwarf the | | | | There is no real advantage for any team. Besides, |
| other major sports (baseball, basketball, and | | | | this game is winner take all. No team, no player is |
| hockey). The Super Bowl is one of the most | | | | going to be fazed by the cold or even snow. The |
| watched events on television worldwide each | | | | colder cities should have every opportunity to |
| year and commercials cost over a million dollars | | | | enjoy the benefits of hosting the Super Bowl. The |
| for a thirty second spot. Since the inception of | | | | economic benefits over the two week Super |
| the Super Bowl it has been held in warm weather | | | | Bowl period can be in the hundreds of millions of |
| cities in either January or lately in February. Cities | | | | dollars. And fans everywhere will be treated to a |
| such as Miami, Pasadena, and Tempe Arizona are | | | | unique type of game, not the same old antiseptic |
| the usual locations. | | | | seventy degree weather that for some reason, |
| There is a movement afoot which seeks to bring | | | | the rule book says we must have. |