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2014 – The Super Bowl in New York

(Actually New Jersey)

 

By Dave Woods

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As much as I despise our arch rivals the Jets, Mets, and really all teams in the northeast, I love New York.  It’s an exciting place with an ambiance like no other.  And Manhattan alone has enough hotels and restaurants to accommodate the influx of people associated with the event.  It will be played at the new $1.6 billion Meadowlands Stadium that this season will become home to the New York Jets and Giants.  Although I’m disappointed that we will have to wait a year or two longer to get it back here, I think it was an obvious choice to put them in the mix. 

The two issues I keep hearing from the people that don’t agree with the decision for New York to host a Super Bowl are; they don’t want weather to decide the game, and an increased possibility of a terrorist attack.

Isn’t weather part of football?  I believe that the Bill’s have an advantage over us when we play in the snow, and we have an advantage when it’s 95 degrees and humid.  But only slightly, I don’t recall any 2-8 teams beating a 9-1 team just because it was cold, or raining, or hot.  Each team travels the country and plays in different conditions throughout the season.  The best teams have the best records. 

Yes, New York has had the most attacks and attempts, more specifically, Manhattan.  But the actual site is in New Jersey, the only crowd will be at the stadium.  I believe that if terrorist’s set their sites on a Super Bowl it’s not going to matter which city it’s in. 

The NFL has required an average temperature of 50 degrees or a dome for a team to even bid on hosting the Super Bowl, but the league bent the rule to let New York bid.  
"People talk about the weather, but, you know, this is football, not beach volleyball,'' New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told the NFL Network.                                                             

I agree.