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Mike Ditka calls a cold-weather Super Bowl 'stupid'
1 posted on 01/28/2014 1:59:58 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

TV pics of the Meadowlands look like Moscow in the depths of winter. Whoever thought this was a great idea should be fired.


2 posted on 01/28/2014 2:11:32 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: Libloather

For once, as a lifelong Packer fan I agree with Da Coach.
Playoff games have to have a home team, sometimes that means cold or snow. This was a CHOICE by the NFL driven 100 % by $$$$$$$$$$$.

PS

The Bears still suck!


3 posted on 01/28/2014 2:16:07 AM PST by Kozak ("Send them back your fierce defiance! Stamp upon the cursed alliance! To arms, to arms in Dixie!)
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To: Libloather

All that for a damn game!?!


6 posted on 01/28/2014 3:00:53 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Libloather

To spend even $1,150 for a Pooper Bowl ticket is stupid.

$2,200 is insane.


7 posted on 01/28/2014 3:05:21 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Libloather

Wait. Wait.

So this means that the economy isn’t really booming?


9 posted on 01/28/2014 3:46:28 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Libloather

Are they (NFL) trying to sell enough tickets so they (NFL) don’t have to blackout the game in the New York/New Jersey area? /s


10 posted on 01/28/2014 3:51:57 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Libloather

Still overpriced by a 1,000 dollars.


12 posted on 01/28/2014 4:12:48 AM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Libloather

$1,150 for the nose bleed section and triple that for travel and lodging. Hahahaha! Fools and their money.


15 posted on 01/28/2014 4:43:22 AM PST by bgill
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To: Libloather

If and when I watch it, it will be in the lie 70s on a well made plasma big screen, there will be no lines in either the bathroom or to
The refrigerator.

It’s good to be the king.


16 posted on 01/28/2014 4:56:53 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Libloather

I LOVE watching a game in bad weather especially blizzard conditions.

I wouldn’t GO to one. But I like watching them. Get me some more nachos will ya hun?


18 posted on 01/28/2014 5:02:05 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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There is one key reason for this that isn't being mentioned: The security restrictions.

There's parking for about 10,000 cars. Most of the wealthy NYers who could afford these tickets, and would go to the game..go by limousine. They'd normally be dropped off in front of the stadium, and picked up after the game. However, security is NOT allowing this..they've set up several drop off point some miles from the stadium, and people have to take buses from there to MetLife, and then back after the game. This is gonna take hours, each way..and these people won't stand for that inconvenience, especially if it's freezing out side.

19 posted on 01/28/2014 5:10:57 AM PST by ken5050 (This space available cheap...)
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Anyone who opposes a cold weather Super Bowl is NOT a football fan, but a fan of cheesey and sleazy halftime shows and the spectacle of the “big game”.

Were all the playoff games Ditka coached at Soldier Field “stupid”? Should they have moved those to Miami, Honolulu or Rio?


22 posted on 01/28/2014 5:39:16 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade (The people have the right to tell government what guns it may possess, not the other way around.)
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To: Libloather

$2000 for a football ticket?! LOL

in New York during the winter? ROFLMAO


23 posted on 01/28/2014 5:43:08 AM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Libloather

Ditka’s right. This game should be played in Tampa - every year...forever.


25 posted on 01/28/2014 6:03:57 AM PST by GOPJ (Liberals never let something as petty as being 100% wrong stop them - Blood of Tyrants)
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To: Libloather
For ($1,150) I get:
Samsung 60" Class LED HDTV - 1080p, 1920 x 1080, 120Hz,
Clear Motion Rate 240, 2x HDMI, USB, Energy Star (UN60EH6002)

And it does not disappear in four hours. Also enough change left over for snacks.

27 posted on 01/28/2014 6:26:35 AM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Libloather

http://.ticketexchangebyticketmaster.com/NFL/ViewTickets/1366664/Super%20Bowl%20at%20MetLife%20Stadium%20on%20Sun%2c%20Feb%202nd%2c%202014%20630%20PM.html?PID=1366664&showAll=True

Don’t know if the link will work here, but ticketmaster sent me an email advertising superbowl tix.

$1620 for nosebleeds, $25,500 for front row, center.


29 posted on 01/28/2014 7:01:15 AM PST by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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To: Libloather
I really like the cold weather Super Bowl. Why do dome or warm-weather teams always have to have an advantage?

Too bad my Pats didn't make it. It would have been a home game, with these unsold tickets being snapped up by Pats fans.

I'm shocked that the game hasn't sold out yet. Seattle fans seem very dedicated. I'm not too surprised by the Denver fans no showing up. Either way, the economy must really suck.

32 posted on 01/28/2014 7:22:02 AM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Libloather

What about the stupidity of building that stadium in New Jersey without a roof!!!


35 posted on 01/28/2014 7:42:52 AM PST by ontap
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$1150.00? Thank you so much! Now all us regular fans still can’t afford it.


39 posted on 01/28/2014 8:28:18 AM PST by jughandle
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To: Libloather

I only wish it could be so cold that they cancel the halftime show.


43 posted on 01/28/2014 1:44:26 PM PST by dfwgator
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