Last night, I enjoyed watching the celebration of the New Orleans Saints locking down their first Super Bowl. A great game that ended with the underdog taking the victory from the favored Colts. Yeah, I truly enjoyed it.
My problem? By the time the celebrations and interviews finished, It was nearly nine o'clock at night. I needed to bring myself down from the adrenaline high of the game and try to get relaxed to sleep for work in the morning.
It got me to start thinking. Super Bowl weekend is just that. The ENTIRE Weekend. The parties, pregame, and everything around it. Could they start this game a bit earlier? Why not? The four hours of breaking down the game is a bit much. No one wants to truly hear about what the President thinks about the Super Bowl, do we?
Here are some of my ideas revolving around all sports:
1) The Super Bowl should start about two hours earlier...or play the game on Saturday:
This gives the East Coast a 4:25 start, the West a 1:25 start. Plenty of time to enjoy the party, celebrate, and be ready for the work week ahead. A Saturday start could place the Super Bowl time as it is currently. But then fans ...
Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - Sports & Society
Article is property of BleacherReport.com