PearlHowardman Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 If the Super Bowl was held on a Saturday the winning team's city would go crazy with violence and wild out-of-control celebrations. Not so on a Sunday night when you have to work Monday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I just graduated from college, and we had Super Saturdays all the time. Just drink beer during the day, simple as that. But I have always wondered as to why the game was not played on Sat. I have yet to hear/read one good reason for keeping it on a Sunday. Once the college season is over the NFL starts playign games on Sat anyways. The playoffs have always had games on Sun and Sat. Move it to Sat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sen. John Blutarsky Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 If the league goes to an 18 game schedule, maybe the NFL could move the Super Bowl to the Sunday before MLK holiday. Well, apart from actually moving the game up 2 weeks to be played in Mid-January thereby eliminating all playoffs and allowing the league to perpetually nominate New England and New York to play each other, that'd be a great idea. I think you mean President's Day which is in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernMan Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Every year right before the Super Bowl I always here of people complaining of how they have to go to school or work the next day. I than hear people saying well they should make the Monday after the Super Bowl a holiday so you can sleep in. I than offer the simplest solution why not play the game on a Saturday? The typical answer I get is well its tradition Super Sunday, but the game use to be played in the afternoon some considered that a tradition. I think if its a unnecessary tradition than why not change it. They don't need the extra day because they get a week off in between. If it makes the Super Bowl into an event where I can have more fun knowing I can stay up late without regretting the next day and hopefully when the Bills are playing in it celebrate the victory to my hearts desire. Its a win win, no one loses ; the game gets to us a day earlier and we can party harder. Kids don't have school the next day so they can stay up. You can start the game later so the West coast gets the game at a better time. Do you guys feel the same way. Super Saturday. Another hot button issue for me. Thanks for bringing it up. Yes, it should be a Saturday night event. Back in the day (70's & 80's), when kickoff occured sometime before 4pm, we used to gather for great superbowl parties. Sometime in the late 80's or early 90's, the powers that be got the brilliant idea to make it a later, Sunday night game. With the late start and extended halftime extravaganza, the games go on past 10pm EST. C'mon - it's Sunday night. That's the time we traditionally wind down the weekend and get psychologically geared towards Monday morning and anticipation of heading back to the old grind. Unless the home team is involved, a huge portion of fans east of the mississippi aren't bothering to attend or host superbowl parties anymore. The last superbowl party I attended involved the Rams and Titans. Maybe it can be partially attributed to just getting older, but if the game were in the afternoon, or on Saturday night, I'd be there. I'd love to celebrate with other fans, but I don't want to be getting home at 11pm on Sunday night. Hooray for the west coasters who get the game started at 3:40! Y'know - the folks who can barely support any team. L.A. - former home to 3 current NFL teams. Anyway, I'm with you. But, it'll never happen. As previously stated, it all comes down to money, and in this case, the host cities would lose big if everyone checked out on Sunday. On the other hand, maybe a lot of them would check in a day earlier. Who knows? Now, if they could just do something about those stupid halftime shows that are tailored for the viewer who doesn't know what "1st and goal" means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 That's actually a great idea. I hate that the SB ends so late on a Sunday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Well, apart from actually moving the game up 2 weeks to be played in Mid-January thereby eliminating all playoffs and allowing the league to perpetually nominate New England and New York to play each other, that'd be a great idea. I think you mean President's Day which is in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I feel traditions are meant to be broken for the betterment of something. In this case the NFL. Here is a few things I propose. Defiinitely move the Super Bowl to Saturday. More people will go out to watch it...in turn more money for businesses etc... Monday night games....why not play 2... East Coast games at a 7 PM Start, East Coast time, and West coast, 7 PM West Coast time. I think thats a win win for everyone. Whats everyone elses thoughts on this? I think part of what has made the NFL the "king" amongst pro sports legues, is that they have been careful, over the years, not to oversaturate their product. They are bordering pretty close to oversaturation now, with 6 Thursday night games, multiple Saturday night games, a Sunday night game, in addition to the regular Sunday afternoon and Monday night games. And then, there is a significant portion of the country that loves college football. Too much of a good thing, can be bad. I don't mind them doing an oepneing week Monday Night double-header, but every week would just be silly. The more night games they have, the less valuable those tv contracts will become, to the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ennjay Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Well you have to look at why a tradition is a tradition. In this case there isn't any real reason. There also isn't anyone who would be at all inconvenienced by a switch to a day earlier. It allows people to go out without having to skip work/school or be late to school/work the next day. It also makes the West Coast have the game a little later. It also makes it so that the home towns of the teams playing don't have to cancel school for no reason the next day. It also turns the Super Bowl into an all out party to end football season without worrying about the next day. It just makes sense to do it. Everyone wins. If you can improve on a tradition than why not. No one is complaining that baseball fields have lights. Um . . . it was a joke. There already ain't nothin' in the world more commercial than the Super Bowl. Which is why it was moved to February: that's a sweeps month for television. If TV wanted it in January the season would start in August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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