Comments on: Goodell talks up a Denver Super Bowl

By: steelersf123

steelersf123 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:42:46 +0000

This coming from the guy who is putting way to much stake into player safety that it is changing the game of football.

By: onebucplace

onebucplace — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:01:38 +0000

“rollteal says:
Jan 12, 2013 6:37 PM
Not that I don’t like it being here in Florida
i hope NE Florida gets another chance later down the line.”

I’d rather see Jacksonville fall off into the sea than see another Super Bowl hosted there — it’s an awful area with awful fans. Jacksonville shouldn’t even be part of Florida, it’s really just southern Georgia. Also please repaint your dumb ugly bridges.

By: onebucplace

onebucplace — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:59:03 +0000

There is something to be said for homefield advantage, when the Bucs had to go on the road and defeat Philly in the 2002 NFC Championship game in the cold in route to the Super Bowl, the Eagles had earned that home field advantage. It would be stupid to then have the Bucs and Oakland playing in the Super Bowl in the snow. The idea of the Super Bowl is to match the two best teams with neither having an advantage to see who is the best.

By: cometkazie

cometkazie — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:56:02 +0000

If Goodell thinks it’s a good idea, there is something definitely wrong with it.

By: snaxdsp

snaxdsp — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:49:15 +0000

Again Goodell proves how ignorant he is

By: rollteal

rollteal — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:37:54 +0000

Not that I don’t like it being here in Florida
i hope NE Florida gets another chance later down the line.
I’m just honestly kinda shocked It has not returned to Atlanta in a while and has been like 10 years since the Bucs win was in California. (Unless I am missing one)

By: Tadd

Tadd — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:45:56 +0000

Are you people daft?! Do you honestly believe that a cold weather place is going to stop it from being a sell out?

Trust me there are plenty of fans that would show up for the game no matter how cold it might be. Of course their are fair-weather fans but I am willing to bet they are a minority.

Just watch next year in New York that stadium will be full no matter how cold it is. It is football, played in any weather, why should the championship be any different?

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:39:45 +0000

The only legitimately fair option is an outdoor stadium in a moderate environment.

Domes favor dome-teams and cold weather favor teams built for cold weather…..let’s just focus on NEUTRAL for the biggest sports event of the year, huh?

By: buckybadger

buckybadger — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:36:07 +0000

I moved to Denver 8 years ago and there has only been one or two weekends where the game would have been played in bad weather. We were in the 60s just two days ago. Denver isn’t really a cold weather city. Sure we have our days but Colorado gets 300+ days of sunshine and more times than not in February the temps are above 45.

By: eaglesfan94

eaglesfan94 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:51:41 +0000

That would be pretty awesome. I’m tired of the Super Bowl being in either Florida or a dome every year.

By: modellforprez

modellforprez — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:48:59 +0000

well didn’t I just eat the crow. my bad pigeons but you’ll still lose

By: themagicfanguy

themagicfanguy — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:48:45 +0000

Green Bay should host a SB before Denver gets one.

By: piis314

piis314 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:46:56 +0000

Personally, I like seeing the Super Bowl played in a dome. (Shoot, I’m probably one of the only Packer fans that wishes Lambeau had a dome). However, if the NFL is going to open things up to northern climate teams, it should NOT be a story about a single city, “Denver.” Instead, they need to open it to all of them.

If they are going to shake things up, why not alternate sites AFC/NFC, and have a regular rotation where a city in each division would host the big game? Let those teams/cities compete against each other for the bid. For instance let Boston, Buffalo, Miami, and New York (AFC East) compete against each other for the bid. Then let the NFC East do the same the next year, etc.

The NFL would still have competition to drive the monetary price up, but then you wouldn’t have de-facto Super Bowl cities like Miami and New Orleans all the time.

By: Corey Jeppesen

Corey Jeppesen — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:45:44 +0000

Great idea! Love it!!!

By: larryjames836

larryjames836 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:40:54 +0000

Roger Goodell not worried about where its played its all about the money. If you have more fair weather fans than you have cold weather fans, and you play in below freezing temperature you may have less fans. So this means less money so this type of super bowl want be around long, remember its all about the dollars just because players are from icee states don’t mean they want to play in it.

By: dalucks

dalucks — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:37:56 +0000

It is a good idea until people do not pay thousands of dollars to watch a football game in 10 inches of snow.
2014 will probably determine the possibility of a Super Bowl in Denver.

By: oldfart49

oldfart49 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:37:46 +0000

Few outside of Denver would love this. We’ll see how the game goes today. If I was Baltimore I’d love to see slipping & sliding. Not so much walking from your car, but thanks Goodell & while you’re at it why not put all the teams in the playoffs – that way the Superbowl could be played in Denver’s lovely springtime.

By: deltaoracle

deltaoracle — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:37:32 +0000

Green Bay deserves to have one long before Denver. So do a lot of long-time “Rust Belt” cities which have supported the NFL longer than the Broncos have existed.

By: wludford

wludford — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:33:32 +0000

I like the idea of a Super Bowl in the elements- including the snow and cold of Denver or similar venue.

But most of the next Super Bowls are going to those who built new stadiums at huge public expense, as a partial pay-back.

By: freemantowilliams

freemantowilliams — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:32:09 +0000

Yeah I don’t think I wanna spend 2 grand to sit in 10 degree weather. Funny how after those reefer laws got passed in Colorado the nfl suddenly starts talking about a denver Super Bowl. Hmmm… coincidence?

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:31:48 +0000

Denver isn’t worthy of hosting a Super Bowl, it’s a 2nd class city at best and it’s way too small anyway.

By: rollteal

rollteal — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:29:38 +0000

I like it. I think almost everybody should have Superbowl bit.

By: sonvar

sonvar — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:29:05 +0000

I think the logistics will be fine in Denver where they normally deal with this weather and can be prepared

By: jakec4

jakec4 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:29:05 +0000

They should all be played in domes or places that it rarely rains. For a league so consumed by offense it is interesting that they would change their stance when it creates more bidders to create more greenbacks. Goodell is the king of wanting to fix what isn’t broken.

By: bobulated

bobulated — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:27:40 +0000

Who wants to see a game with the possibility of watching two dome or warm weather teams slog around and screw up in conditions they never normally would see? What’s the point? To make some some obscure throw back reference to how the game “used” to be? Is every forgetting how many people whined about the weather when there was an ice storm for Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta of all places and they didn’t even play the game outside?

By: Tadd

Tadd — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:21:54 +0000

Ultimately the logistics are meaningless. Screw the media and the circus that is involved in a Super Bowl. The circus should not dictate the game, the game should dictate the circus.

Believe me no one in the world was crying for all you people in Dallas a few years ago, that is part of your job.

By: elwaysmilehighdenver

elwaysmilehighdenver — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:20:19 +0000

Couldn’t agree with Goodell any more.
Football needs to be played outside in the elements. Denver would be the best host city ever for a Superbowl. Fair weather fans need not attend!

By: fcrraptor720

fcrraptor720 — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:18:49 +0000

That’s the first comment goddell has gotten right.. That would be sweet in the snow