Super Bowl 48 to be played in New York
by JP

First of all, you have to be kidding me. This is a joke, right? While some former players like Tedy Bruschi, Fran Tarkenton and Jerry Kramer have expressed their jubilation for a cold weather Super Bowl, I couldn't disagree more with the NFL's decision. Yes, the media/marketing aspect of the game will be phenomenal; probably better than any previous Super Bowl. However, it is just too risky. Sure, New England has winter days in which it is 50-55 degrees. It also has days in which two feet of snow fall and the wind blows at 25-35 mph. What if it snows? Can you postpone the Super Bowl? Can you play the game in those conditions? What is the wind-chill is below zero and the wind at 30 mph? Can two high powered offenses battle through those conditions? What if our Dolphins make the Super Bowl? Why should we get that kind of a disadvantage?

The bottom line is that conditions should not play a factor at all in the Super Bowl. None. Yes, you will get rain in South Florida every once in a while, but it rains all over the country all the time. But how can you expect the Super Bowl to be played in February-New York conditions? It just does not make sense. Chad Pennington compares this scenario to the "tuck rule" game. In other words, "bad idea."

At least it isn't in London...

This move is very hypocritical of Goodell. He made such a big deal about us putting a roof on our stadium because his rich friends didn't like sitting in the rain; So instead lets move it to the northeast in the middle of winter and let everybody freeze their arse off.

As for Miami needing to build a dome before getting another Super Bowl, that is just plain absurd. If your going to require that, then you should never allow a open air stadium to host a superbowl anywhere.

Chances of it being absurdly cold for NY Super Bowl? 100%

Chances of it snowing heavily during NY Super Bowl? (That I can't tell you, but I'm sure it's significantly more than 10%!)

The biggest winter storm in New York City history — destined for lionization as the Blizzard of '06 — buried the region and much of the Northeast yesterday under blowing, drifting, thigh-high snows that crippled transportation and commerce, knocked out power and disrupted life for millions in 14 states.

Like the seemingly endless winter — marked by three powerful snowfalls along the East Coast in February — this storm continued well into its second day, with forecasters saying it would not end for good until Saturday morning. The recovery, however, could spill into next week.

The game could be played on Feb. 2, 9 or 16 in 2014. AccuWeather looked at the weather data for Feb. 2 over the past 44 years and found:

* Snow occurred only 4% of the time.
* Winds of at least 15 mph occurred 54% of the time.
* Rain fell on 14% of those days.

An average day in the New York area on Feb. 2 would have temperatures in the 30s with winds between 10 and 20 mph. But don't expect such "normal" conditions, Rayno said.

"You're playing averages," he said. "Only 20 percent of the years recorded a high temperature within 2 degrees of the average high of 41 degrees. Climate is a product of extremes."

Stop being so combative.

Love to see it being played in a blizzard .... its Football!!

This move is very hypocritical of Goodell. He made such a big deal about us putting a roof on our stadium because his rich friends didn't like sitting in the rain; So instead lets move it to the northeast in the middle of winter and let everybody freeze their arse off.