The Pussification of the NFL

[masterfins]

Everyone of the 82,000 plus attendees of this year's Super Bowl will receive a gift bag containing: seat cushion, muffler, ski gaiters, three pairs of hand and foot warmers, lip balm, and a package of tissues.

With no disrespect intended for the southerners on this board, If you can't take the cold stay home!

[Fau Teixeira]

i hope there's 2 feet of snow during the Superbowl this year .. that would be beyond awesome !

[Sunstroke]

^^^ ...and freezing rain. Nothing delivers the "what the fuck were we thinking?" message quite like freezing rain. Colder and more chaotic than snow, without any of the fuzzy Norman Rockwell sentimentality. Nobody builds freezing rainmen in their front yard, and kids don't squeal with delight while having an impromptu freezing rainball fight.

Yeah, freezing rain. That's my wish for this year's Super Bowl. Enjoy it, idiots...

[Phishfan]

I'm on a different front. I hope for bad weather as well but because I want to see the game played in it. You guys seem to wish ill will on the organizers and viewers but I grew up where football was played in this kind of weather.

[CF DolFan]

I'm on a different front. I hope for bad weather as well but because I want to see the game played in it. You guys seem to wish ill will on the organizers and viewers but I grew up where football was played in this kind of weather.

Well it's the funny factor. Most of the fans at the game are there to be seen rather than are actual fans of football. 

[el diablo]

Yes! Bring on the freezing rain & fog. Talk about night time TV magic.

[Landshark]

I seriously hope that the weather for this game is so bad that it makes the NFL think twice before holding the Super Bowl at a non dome cold weather location again

[MikeO]

For the money those people pay for tickets they ought to get more than that....lol.

[Spider-Dan]

I hope it's not snow.  If it's snow, people will get all nostalgic and talk about how it was such a winter classic.

I hope it's just a torrential downpour for the week prior and the game is played in about an inch of standing water, no one can see any yard markers, every pass falls incomplete and it's repeated runs into the line for 4 hours.  Like the end of the NE-CIN game.

[mecadonzilla]

Yes! Bring on the freezing rain & fog. Talk about night time TV magic.

I'm hoping for the worst possible weather.  I want some hardcore precipitation of any type.  It could be beautiful.

Inclement weather or not, I doubt there will ever be another cold weather outdoor Superbowl again for a long, long while.  It's a bad idea to count on February weather being nice in that part of the country from what I've heard.

[Phishfan]

I seriously hope that the weather for this game is so bad that it makes the NFL think twice before holding the Super Bowl at a non dome cold weather location again

I'm curious your motivation. You just seem pissed the NFL put it in a cold weather spot. Please expand on this.

You don't seem to have ill will towards the rich bastards at the game. Your only point is where the NFL decided to have the game.

[MikeO]

You will see another cold weather super bowl I don't care what the weather is this year for that game. Robert Kraft is a power owner in this league who wants one. Snyder could use the whole ...."want me to change the team name, fine give me a super bowl"....to get one. The Bears are dying to have one in Chicago. The owners in the northern/cold city's are united on this issue.

It's gonna happen. Matter of WHEN and not IF at this point

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Back to the gift basket issue.  This has nothing to do with Pussification, and is just smart marketing.

Many times there are "giveaways" at games.  I have read about them occuring at past superbowls, and seem to get some sort of junk every time I go to a minor league baseball game.   

It would be stupid to have give away handwarmers and a Dolphin muffer at the home opener in Sunlife.  Equally it would be pretty stupid to give out Patriots folding hand fan for a Foxboro December game. 

These giveaways reflect the reality that fans will have a more use for a handwarmer than sunscreen. 

[Landshark]

I'm curious your motivation. You just seem pissed the NFL put it in a cold weather spot. Please expand on this.

You don't seem to have ill will towards the rich bastards at the game. Your only point is where the NFL decided to have the game.

Because the NFL had long decided that they would not have the Super Bowl at a cold weather location unless it was in a domed stadium.  And even then, they rarely do because there is usually nothing to do during that time of the year in places like Minnesota or Detroit.  People want to be able to golf or go to the beach during Super Bowl week, not freeze to death.  Now they want to subject players to outdoor elements in the dead of winter. 

[MikeO]

  Now they want to subject players to outdoor elements in the dead of winter. 

Not gonna find much sympathy for millionaire players for having to play 1 game in cold weather. That isn't a shot at you Landshark just saying nobody is gonna feel sorry for them. I actually agree with you that I would like to see this game played in DOMES or Warm Weather locations. I want to see a champion decided on the field, not because of who handles the cold and wind better. But nobody is gonna feel sorry for players for having to play in a cold game. If anything I feel sorry for the fans who pay big money for having to sit out in the cold for 5+ hours. Cause with all the security and such you gotta be in your seat a good 60-90 min before kickoff!