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2014 Super Bowl In New Jersey
- Thread starter Hammer
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about time, the best games are played in the cold if you're too much of a pooosy to go watch the biggest football game of the year because the temp is below 40 your not a football fan you're a futball fan go back to Europe with your stupid round ball
Hmm.. 86,000 people watching football in cold weather. THE HORROR!!!
SuperHornet
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The only thing I don't like about this is that it's NY. I'd go to a Super Bowl in Missoula before I go to one in NY.
I was hoping Lambeau would get the first cold-weather SB.
I was hoping Lambeau would get the first cold-weather SB.
Just ONE northern outdoor Super Bowl venue after all these years & you guys act like it's a wave of the future? I sense that this is an experiment. Ok, in MT, it's seats in the stands, but on a national level, it gets to TV coverage & viewers will switch if they watch slipping & sliding, dropped balls, etc., on the field. Guys mucking around just don't cut it. If you want to watch mucking, go to a rugby game in the rain.
What I'm saying is that while in MT it MAY be as much about the fans in the stands, nationally it's about TV viewers. Yes, the diehards will be in the stands in any weather, but as we all know, the Super Bowl, esp., is about TV viewers. As I recall, there were several national championship games in northern outdoor venues early on. Why, then, did they all move south? I think of the Y.A. Tittle photo, bloodied & mud-soaked, kneeling in the last game of his career or the slip & slide of that Super Bowl in Buffalo, NY.
Football as a foul-weather sport is fine for the locals; forget about it for TV.
What I'm saying is that while in MT it MAY be as much about the fans in the stands, nationally it's about TV viewers. Yes, the diehards will be in the stands in any weather, but as we all know, the Super Bowl, esp., is about TV viewers. As I recall, there were several national championship games in northern outdoor venues early on. Why, then, did they all move south? I think of the Y.A. Tittle photo, bloodied & mud-soaked, kneeling in the last game of his career or the slip & slide of that Super Bowl in Buffalo, NY.
Football as a foul-weather sport is fine for the locals; forget about it for TV.
David2 said:
You're right, 106 million people across 100+ countries won't watch the Super Bowl because it's in the snow.
:shock: :shock:
I'm betting you're wrong. The closest number I came up with for troops deployed overseas was 374,000, give or take (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military). There are 309,000,000 in the US. I would bet a fair amount that there are a lot of loyal European/Canadian/South American, etc countries that watch American football on a regular basis, and I'm betting they will watch a game played in NY/NJ, even though you won't because you'll get too cold watching it in front of your tube. Can't get free tickets to this game, Davey!
I'm betting you're wrong. The closest number I came up with for troops deployed overseas was 374,000, give or take (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military). There are 309,000,000 in the US. I would bet a fair amount that there are a lot of loyal European/Canadian/South American, etc countries that watch American football on a regular basis, and I'm betting they will watch a game played in NY/NJ, even though you won't because you'll get too cold watching it in front of your tube. Can't get free tickets to this game, Davey!
