Superbowl in NYC, not for me!

I love New York. I love the Superbowl. But putting them together is a bad idea.

First off, the stadium isn't even in New York. It's in New Jersey. Sure, it's around the corner and two teams claiming to be from NYC play there but I know a fact when I see one.

That's just me stroking a sarcastic note. I hate this idea because of the big ice burg in the room. It's cold!!! Even worse, it's NYC in February.

If this past year taught us anything is that the Pro Bowl shouldn't be played a week early AND it should be in Hawaii. What NFL-er wants to go to a city that they've played in or even live in as a "bonus" of being an all star. Many people said that these players are so rich that going to Hawaii isn't all that special anymore. I disagree. First off, it's a chance to take their families and show off that they're not just special but get the red carpet treatment in a tropical island. They can take their wives, parents, family all for a nice trip. Just like any high paying job, sure you can afford to go to Hawaii on your own but many times you don't. And it means something more when you're good at your job and get to share that with the family. If I was given a trip to Hawaii by the mortgage brokers of America in honor of being one of the best mortgage brokers that would be great. I've been to Hawaii and owned a place there, but to be honored and take the family; that's special. You won't have all these players dropping out of the game. Also, when you have it the week before you're taking out a good 5 - 10 players that are going to be in the Superbowl and can't play. The reason that these guys are in the Pro Bowl is because they're good and naturally their teams would be in the Superbowl.

Let's get back to the Superbowl. Let me bring up just one game. The "tuck game". New England VS Oakland. Need I say more. If the Raiders went on to win that game, they could be the one that has won 3 of 4 championships and been a dominating factor between 2000 - 2010. I'll live with the results because it was a championship game. But if you think that for one second that was a "good" game to watch or remember you're out of your fucking mind. Even Patriot fans will tell you that game was horrible, and they WON!

We might get lucky and you won't see a drop of rain or feel a push of wind but I doubt New York in February you'll get that lucky. Even if one ball is thrown off because of a wind factor of 45 MPH you'll never hear the end of it.

Now it sounds good, having the NFL's biggest game in their home city and the home of two big time franchises but to risk the SUPERBOWL to something like weather when you don't have to is just stupid. Sure it rained for the Colts vs Bears game but you can't control everything. It was still over 50 degrees. But you gave it the best possible chance of having good weather by playing in Miami during the winter. By having a Superbowl in NYC you're just asking for trouble. And when it hits, I hope it's not a team that I like in the game. Because that game will never be forgotten.

There was a pole on ESPN that showed 60% of the fans like the idea of having the game in NYC. I think there is a magical quality to having the game there. But someone has to be the voice of reason and look at the game part. We want a fair neutral site. Or just have it go to the highest ranked team's home field like every other sport. Also don't forget about the days leading up to the game. The NFL promotes such a large number of events that if you have bad weather you're killing your own product and setting yourself up for a logistical nightmare.

As always I could go on but this is not a Pro Bowl where we can try it out one year and see how it goes. The game is fine. Leave it alone. Please don't put the Superbowl in New York in February. I thought that there where smarter people that ran the NFL, but I guess when you get to have your office party in your back yard, you forget the reason why offices don't have parties at the office, no one wants to clean up the mess.