Well once again Roger Godell has gone out of his way to make the NFL look like a bunch of pansies. Granted there was a snow storm predicted for Philadelphia, but when you live on the North East coast, it ALWAYS snows. It is a fact of life. December in the North East is always a crap shoot. When you buy tickets for your favorite team, there is a good possibility that it will snow in December. In fact many teams look at this as part of the home field advantage. (See Green Bay’s Frozen Tundra). So postponing a game just because snow is predicted is garbage. Is he afraid that one of the Quarterbacks might get the sniffles? (I reference quarterbacks because old Rog’ has a soft spot for them). When did football become such a sissified game? When I grew up football was what the tough kids did. In all sorts of weather, rain, snow, sleet… We were as tough as mailmen when it came to football. Games were NEVER cancelled. (Might be delayed due to lightning, but that’s it.)
Football is to be be played in the elements, while I am on this rent I’ll also discuss my hatred for domed stadiums. Football is meant to be played in the elements. If it is raining, you need to put on longer cleats, and so forth. I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, and we would NEVER want a dome. We welcome the elements. If it is raining/snowing it is doing it to both teams. The team that can handle the other team and the elements wins. Taking the weather out of the equation makes the game less interesting. Like having to figure out which end to defend on a kickoff is much more important in an open venue than it is in a dome. No wind to contend with makes that decision irrelevant. That also takes the chess like battle strategy out of the game. That in itself makes domes homes for the gutless.
That being said, Roger Godell and domed stadiums need to be gone from the NFL soon. For nothing else than to protect the game. If we can’t outlaw domes, can we at least outlaw Godell?
