Some ideas are too dumb to even throw against the wall to see if they stick
(CBS Sports) The members of the Super Bowl committee lately have been content to award hosting duties in cities in the northern part of the U.S. For instance, Indianapolis here and New Jersey in 2014. But what about an international Super Bowl?
Apparently, that’s been something the committee has discussed.
“There’s a little bit of change in philosophy,†Irsay said Monday. “We have the 50-year anniversary coming up, which we’re looking at. There are some members of our committee who have been thinking about having an international Super Bowl in London. That obviously has some real pluses and minuses if you weren’t going to have it on America soil. Right now, we’re in a wait-and-see approach.â€
I’d love to hear one of those pluses, because I damned sure can’t think about one. I can sure think of some minuses
- The stadiums on London aren’t really set up for American football, where the players are much heavier than soccer players, and we’ve seen these problems when the NFL plays in Europe
- The SB committee would be basically giving a big “f*ck you” to all the fans of the two SB bound teams, who would have an even tougher time in trying to attend the game
- It would create an even bigger circus, and would be difficult for the teams to prepare, and the game could potentially be crap
- They’d be screwing one of the American cities which have an NFL team, who’d be out lots of $$$ for the game
- As much as England is cool, would you really want two weeks of fluff stories about things in England and players visiting them?
- London is 5 hours ahead of NY – the SB traditionally starts at 630pm Eastern time. Would they start it at 1130pm London time? Or have to start it at 130pm Eastern time on Super Bowl Sunday?
Let’s put this really bad idea in the hopper with the Chevy Volt, Operation Fast And Furious, having lunch delivered to an interview, Jersey Shore, the Extreme Football League, and Gigli, among others.
