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NFL Network, Charles Davis: “I Am Not For This New York Superbowl”

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The Drive Tuesday 1-31-12- From NFL Network and Fox Sports we talk with Charles Davis about what bothers him about the Superbowl, where he likes to see the Superbowl go next for a location, and how long it’ll be before the Panthers are in the Superbowl.  Plus we get a special Pro Bowl story from Charles.

Davis wasn’t shy that his least favorite thing about the Super Bowl is the halftime show, drawing attention away from the game.  His other complaints about the Big Game were potential locations for future games.  He thinks weather should play a big factor in deciding where to have future Super Bowls, and because of this is not for a New York Super Bowl.

“I’ll give it to you in two parts.  Number one- I don’t care where they take it, as long as the outlook for weather is more than favorable.  That’s the first one.  The second one, and if I never work for the network again because of what I say now, just remember me kindly, I am so against this New York Super Bowl.  I am NOT for the New York Super Bowl.  The one time I would have been ok with it is if they had moved everything the 9/11 year…the symbolism involved, making a stand…I want as favorable as conditions as possible on Super Bowl Sunday…so when it is all over [you can’t blame the weather for the outcome].”

He continued to say that covered stadiums should also be taken in to consideration.  His favorite location was the Dallas stadium, the “greatest stadium in the history of football”, but felt the weather marred the experience last year due to snow and ice storms, amongst other logistical issues.

Come Sunday, his anti New York feelings will continue slightly as Davis shifts his endorsement to the Patriots.

“I’m leaning Patriots because I feel like everything is about the Giants…they have become this Super Team somehow…they are playing better, I get that…their best is happening right now…but I think this is the most evenly contended Super Bowl we have had in awhile.”

Davis did say that in the NFL, no team should be discounted from Super Bowl stardom-even the Carolina Panthers.  He sees them as potential Super Bowl Cats in the next 2-5 years:

“2-5 [years] is a safe bet because of how the NFL goes…kids can go from zero to first pretty quickly…look at the 49ers, they were out of it forever, and then they were 13-3.”

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  • Sergio

    I think that added element of wtenir-like conditions could make for an interesting game and def make for interesting television, but the Super Bowl is less about a game and more about the pageantry, and all of the ancillary events that go on around the game. Media day is usually held in the stadium, and there are parties and other things that are associated with the event that are helped by warmer climates. Obviously, the game has been in Minneapolis and Detroit, so those issues can be overcome (aside from media day, that was helped by having a domed stadium in those cities). It seems to come down to spectator comfort (it’s quite possible the teams could have played in adverse wtenir conditions in their conference championship games). And many times when the game has been in Florida, there has been a steady rain falling for some or all of the game.I like it, because it could lead to DC getting a chance to host a Super Bowl. But one issue is that as more and more cities become eligible to host the game, there’s a much greater chance that you could end up with a home team in the game. Many are pointing to Dallas as a potential first ever home team to play in a Super Bowl in their own stadium. It could have been New Orleans this year had the timing aligned (Saints being good and the Superdome being the host site). But once NY/NJ has hosted, who’s to say DC can’t host then Boston (New England), or Green Bay, or Pittsburgh? While this would allow many more people access to the game, it would seem to increase the odds that you could end up with a home team in the Super Bowl. And while the home field advantage would seem to be the most glaring aspect of this, consider the ticket allocations. The NFL controls tickets to the Super Bowl, and each team gets an equal allotment (and corporations get the lion’s share), so how do you stage a game in Pittsburgh or New England, with passionate fan bases, and then tell them only 25% of the season ticket holders will even have access to buying the tickets on the primary market? The great equalizer now is that fans have to be wealthy enough to afford the expensive tickets and the trip to go to the Super Bowl site when it’s in your city, and your team is playing, ticket demand will be incredible, and the beneficiary will be the secondary market (ticket brokers and scalpers).One thing this trend (if it becomes a trend) could lead to is the tabling of the discussion of a London (or any other non-US market) SB. If you are now opening up cities like NY, DC, Boston, Philly, Pitt, Cleveland, etc for consideration, it would be all the more difficult to justify taking the game to foreign soil.

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