Around the NFL: Super Bowl Thread

[los panda]

it's very critical to get a paid day off when it's time to open a new calendar

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by los panda

it's very critical to get a paid day off when it's time to open a new calendar

You are correct. It is NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL to get a paid day off when it is time to open a new calendar.

Here is the fundamental difference:

New Year's Day IS a Holiday already

Super Bowl Monday is NOT a Holiday already.

To create a Federal Holiday - - or to get rid of one as the Congress did with the creation of President's Day - - requires legislation.

There is going to have to be a TON of pressure on Congress to get rid of a Holiday called New Year's Day because some folks will be upset about losing that Holiday. The fact of its existence makes it difficult for a Congressthing to start a campaign to take it away from folks.

It will take an equal amount of pressure on Congress to create a new Federal Holiday. And as soon as someone starts to do that, there will be competition from various other "interest groups" who would like a day to honor them or one of their heroes/heroines.

If you think you have a winning argument here vis a vis New Year's Day, it will only cost you 44-cents to mail it to your Congressman. Me, I have better things to do...

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

You are correct. It is NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL to get a paid day off when it is time to open a new calendar.

Here is the fundamental difference:

New Year's Day IS a Holiday already

Super Bowl Monday is NOT a Holiday already.

To create a Federal Holiday - - or to get rid of one as the Congress did with the creation of President's Day - - requires legislation.

There is going to have to be a TON of pressure on Congress to get rid of a Holiday called New Year's Day because some folks will be upset about losing that Holiday. The fact of its existence makes it difficult for a Congressthing to start a campaign to take it away from folks.

It will take an equal amount of pressure on Congress to create a new Federal Holiday. And as soon as someone starts to do that, there will be competition from various other "interest groups" who would like a day to honor them or one of their heroes/heroines.

If you think you have a winning argument here vis a vis New Year's Day, it will only cost you 44-cents to mail it to your Congressman. Me, I have better things to do...

There are plenty of other countries who have many more holidays than we do. We need more holidays. Forget Super Bowl Monday - we need Super Bowl Week. And Arbor Week, I might add, as well as Groundhog Week.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Lotus

There are plenty of other countries who have many more holidays than we do. We need more holidays. Forget Super Bowl Monday - we need Super Bowl Week. And Arbor Week, I might add, as well as Groundhog Week.

Ha! For a second there I thought you wrote Ann Arbor week

And we can just have Groundhog Week over and over again

[los panda]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

You are correct. It is NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL to get a paid day off when it is time to open a new calendar.

Here is the fundamental difference:

New Year's Day IS a Holiday already

Super Bowl Monday is NOT a Holiday already.

To create a Federal Holiday - - or to get rid of one as the Congress did with the creation of President's Day - - requires legislation.

There is going to have to be a TON of pressure on Congress to get rid of a Holiday called New Year's Day because some folks will be upset about losing that Holiday. The fact of its existence makes it difficult for a Congressthing to start a campaign to take it away from folks.

It will take an equal amount of pressure on Congress to create a new Federal Holiday. And as soon as someone starts to do that, there will be competition from various other "interest groups" who would like a day to honor them or one of their heroes/heroines.

If you think you have a winning argument here vis a vis New Year's Day, it will only cost you 44-cents to mail it to your Congressman. Me, I have better things to do...

i completely understand. no one said anything about getting rid of any holidays. i'm talking about throwing one more log on the fire

"should" key word

[SmootSmack]

Moving the Super Bowl up one day would cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for networks, advertisers, sponsors, host cities

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Moving the Super Bowl up one day would cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for networks, advertisers, sponsors, host cities

And that pretty much ends this debate.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Moving the Super Bowl up one day would cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for networks, advertisers, sponsors, host cities

And that's why my argument is a moot point. Alrighty then.

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Moving the Super Bowl up one day would cause millions of dollars in lost revenue for networks, advertisers, sponsors, host cities

I'm just curious to know how. Would this happen if they made a sudden change? Would there be such a drastic change in viewership that would really cripple revenue?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

I'm just curious to know how. Would this happen if they made a sudden change? Would there be such a drastic change in viewership that would really cripple revenue?

It's one less day of business for restaurants in the host cities, one less night for hotels. And it's not just the attendance in these places. It's that these restaurants and hotels are charging premium prices in Indy during this week. And they know they can. It's one less night for sponsors to host "official" Super Bowl parties. One less day of advertisers buying premium time on your networks. Because it's not just the Super Bowl itself, it's all the programming building up to it.

I think I often said that my primary role at ESPN involved working on things that weren't in existence yet. Some of that includes mapping out different scenarios. We did this with all sports. What if the NBA season started two weeks later. What if we make the Indy 500 the first race of the season and move it to Monday. What if there was an extra round of MLB playoffs. What if the Super Bowl wasn't on Sunday. We mapped out many different scenarios yearly and in this case, the numbers wouldn't justify it.

[los panda]

host cities, at the very least, would bag more cash if super bowl monday were a federal holiday

[los panda]

it's getting ferocious in here

[CrustyRedskin]

lol time well spent!!

[los panda]

everybody wins with super bowl monday

[los panda]

(the holiday after the game on sunday)