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Originally Posted by irish
Those cold weather games are great for fans watching at home, its not quite as much fun sitting out in the bitter cold.
I agree that NYC has different rules. There's no way Detroit or Minneapolis get a SB without a dome, there'sjust nothing to do there while there's lots to do in NYC even if it is cold. Ask any Skins fan that went to the SB in Minneapolis, the game was great and the rest sucked because it was so cold. I knew a few guys that took their SB $ and went to the Bahamas and watched on TV in a warm place with lots of fun stuff to do prior to the game.
The SB is a huge event and had it been in NYC this past winter I'm not sure they could have played the game because that was the weekend the big east coast blizzard hit and there is no way anyone could have got there and the stadium would have been full of snow. Imagine having to cancel the SB, I wonder how the players and fans would have felt about that. I know that chances of that happening are slim but why even take the chance with such a huge event.
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So, again, lets say NY Jets and GB host the conference championships, should they be moved to a different location because the game might be cancelled? When was the last time any Conf. Championship was cancelled? It's only 2 weeks earlier, and can be played in any NFL city. There is reasonable risk planning, like for a faulty BOP, but keeping half the country out of the running for the SB is just overkill.