SG's BITCHIN' ABOUT JAX

[friskysman]

Hey frisky, you want to expound on why it would make it better for the average fan?

First of all, I'm talking purely about the game, not the commercials or the halftime show or who you watch it with. The game. Because for some of us, that's all that matters.

Obviously, once you get on the field and the game starts to take shape, anything can happen. As we have seen throughout history, most SB games tend to be pretty boring. But are you telling me that a stadium that is rocking in unison for one common purpose doesn't get you fired up? I don't know, maybe I'm the only one. I think it adds a lot to the atmopshere, and atmosphere is a huge part of the game presentation. There's a big difference between 70,000 hardcore fans and 30,000 hardcore fans mixed with 40,000 who don't give a rip either way. I don't know what the exact ratio usually is, but you get the idea.

Have you ever played a sports video game where the crowd ambiance just sucks? You jack a homerun and you get a frikin golf clap? Then play a game where the developers got the crowd right. There's a huge difference. The latter is just more fun to play. I think it's the same way with a game in real life. It's just more fun to watch (and for the players to play) when the crowd is into it. But that can't happen the way it should on a neutral field.

And it would also be great to see a Snow Bowl. In my mind, there is no better combination in sports than a football game and a blizzard. But then again, I'm from Cleveland.

As I said, I admit that it doesn't make fiscal or logical sense, but you surely can't deny it would make it better for fans watching on TV.

[Dunking Donut]

I'd love to see the SB rotate more and especially to some cold weather cities with open stadiums. I think of football as a cold weather sport with 'gladiators' battling it out on the frozen tundra and all that.

I think a Superbowl weekend would be cool. You could do the media day and some exhibition stuff and end with the game on Sunday night. I don't see the need for a week's worth of stuff myself.

Of course, I realize none of it will happen. You don't give up loads of publicity and hype.

[Snake]

Guys like it or not the Super Bowl is an event now, and the week leading up to it generates as much money for host cities and the NFL as the game itself. Next year's game in Detroit is going to be a flop because of the weather. While it doesn't impact the fan's enjoyment of the game, it does impact the stuff that goes on beforehand, and moneywise that's just as important to the league as how the game works on the field. I agree that a game with snow is a blast to watch, but the NFL isn't going to be able to sell $3000 tickets to corporations so that they're clients can sit in a snowstorm for 4 hours, so it's not going to happen. We can piss and moan all we want about the NFL selling out and the Super Bowl not being accessible to the average fan, but frankly we're all going to watch so why should they change anything? It sucks to be a fan sometimes.

[Tecmo Bo]

First of all, I'm talking purely about the game

No shit Sherlock.
Do you really think the fans at the SB don't get excited? How many of those guys do you think don't get into the game. honestly? They may not necessarily have a rooting interest in one team or the other, they may be high power execs, hollywood types, politicians and players (every NFl player is guaranteed two tickets to the SB every year) who don't favor one team or another, but that doesn't mean their not football fans and that they're not excited to be at the Superbowl and hoping to see an exciting game and ready to cheer every exciting play.
Even if the game did go to the stadium of the team with the better record and they 'promised' more tickets to season ticket holders, most fans will STILL be priced way, way, way out of the game.
That means you Frisky.

[friskysman]

First of all, I'm talking purely about the game

No shit Sherlock.

So what you're saying is, I've met the asshole of the forum?

[Tecmo Bo]

What I'm saying is you seem to have an uncommon ability to not grasp the obvious.

[Snake]

Or at least the world according to Bo.

[Tecmo Bo]

Damn right. Now go get your effing shinebox!