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Originally Posted by htismaqe
This isn't 1975.
The Super Bowl is an event that draws THOUSANDS of people from all over the country.
Letting them freeze in New York or Detroit is just stupid.
All of those nostaligic scenarios you're talking about happened when championship games WEREN'T played on neutral fields.
If you want Super Bowls to be played in the cold and snow, go back to having them played on somebody's home field and don't make it a 2-week all-out media extravaganza.
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Okay, we have a deal. Home field it is.
I recognize the marketing value of letting rich people who don't know about football sit in the stands for three quarters at $5,000 per person. But in the long term, the next generation of real fans needs their own nostalgic scenarios or their appreciation of the game will fade. The Super Bowl has been a short-term marketing game played at the expense of long-term market loyalty, and at some point it's going to be a losing proposition. But every commissioner looks at it in the short term and kicks the can down the road for the next guy to worry about.