Given the current labor climate in pro football, news that the powers-that-be in Indy have taken down a large banner at Lucas Oil Stadium that reads “Home of Super Bowl 2012" will be regarded by many as the latest piece of lockout leverage from the league.
It isn’t.
Per WTHR-TV, the NBC affiliate in Indy, the banner has been taken down because it is placing “undue stress” on windows at the facility.
Though we pretty much never believe anything, we have a feeling that, for once, we’re all being told the truth.
Then again, maybe Peyton Manning didn’t like the fact that the stadium in which he plays his home games already is rubbing in the fact that he’ll only be attending Super Bowl 2012 with a ticket.