BLIZZARD POSTPONES EAGLE GAME, WHAT IF WE GET A SUPER BOWL BLIZZARD?
The NFL postponed the Sunday night game between the Minnesota Vikings & Philadelphia Eagles because of a massive winter storm that swept up the East Coast yesterday. Snowfalls of over 8" & winds gusting to 50 MPH were deemed too dangerous for the fans to play the game. Philadelphia city officials huddled with Eagles' owner Jeffrey Lurie & NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell early Sunday morning before it was decided to postpone the game.
You can make a case for playing the game regardless of the weather. Football is meant to be played outdoors in the elements, whatever they might be. But when the city is trying to keep the surface streets clear for emergency vehicles, 60-70K people crawling along trying to get to the game would certainly make things more difficult for city workers & emergency personnel.
My question is what if this had been Super Bowl Sunday, 2014, when the game is scheduled to be played outdoors, at the New Meadowlands? There is no way, short of a terrorist attack or earthquake, the NFL & it's broadcast partner would allow the game to be postponed to a Tuesday night. No way, no how. So why is this game any different? I get the safety factor, I live in the boondocks & have been snowed or iced in for a few days more than once. But what is it that would make that Super Sunday any different? How could they move the snow, make the streets safe for the public as well as emergency vehicles? How could they ensure the fans' safety? Just saying so doesn't make it happen if the situation presents itself. I think some people might have misfired on this cold weather Super Bowl idea & faced with a weather problem that could occur again in 2014, those authorities are clueless about what could be done to make it any different. Am I missing something? Would conditions on city streets & at the Meadowlands be appreciably safer/better/easier than what went on in Philadelphia yesterday? Realistically, the odds of a similar storm hitting on Super Bowl Sunday are remote, but it could happen & just saying they could make it better doesn't get it done in my eyes.
You can make a case for playing the game regardless of the weather. Football is meant to be played outdoors in the elements, whatever they might be. But when the city is trying to keep the surface streets clear for emergency vehicles, 60-70K people crawling along trying to get to the game would certainly make things more difficult for city workers & emergency personnel.
My question is what if this had been Super Bowl Sunday, 2014, when the game is scheduled to be played outdoors, at the New Meadowlands? There is no way, short of a terrorist attack or earthquake, the NFL & it's broadcast partner would allow the game to be postponed to a Tuesday night. No way, no how. So why is this game any different? I get the safety factor, I live in the boondocks & have been snowed or iced in for a few days more than once. But what is it that would make that Super Sunday any different? How could they move the snow, make the streets safe for the public as well as emergency vehicles? How could they ensure the fans' safety? Just saying so doesn't make it happen if the situation presents itself. I think some people might have misfired on this cold weather Super Bowl idea & faced with a weather problem that could occur again in 2014, those authorities are clueless about what could be done to make it any different. Am I missing something? Would conditions on city streets & at the Meadowlands be appreciably safer/better/easier than what went on in Philadelphia yesterday? Realistically, the odds of a similar storm hitting on Super Bowl Sunday are remote, but it could happen & just saying they could make it better doesn't get it done in my eyes.
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