Philly Snow Game

[redrumjuice]

Snow?

[BearBroncos]

Living in Denver, we get snow every now and then. Snow and bitter cold games are the BEST.... One way to stay warm is to scream your brians out... even if your losing..... SCREAM...

 

Foot ball is getting way to chicken (insert hyperbole here) and its starting get maddening!

[Chief]

Snow?

 

I wish snow would cover your house and somehow disable your internet, like a fricken woman, whine, whine, whine

[redrumjuice]

I wish snow would cover your house and somehow disable your internet, like a fricken woman, whine, whine, whine

 

Is your post whining? If not, what is it?

 

I think the poll is proving, many people think it was a wuss move to not play the game. I certainly think it was. Evidently, you agree with the wuss's. Who is the woman now?

[BearBroncos]

Isn't the delay mostly about fan safety for those in attendance and the money they wouldn't spend on concessions by those staying home?

 

It's Philly.... No different than Bronco fans of the 80's when there could be 3' of snow and we'd still fill Mile High up.

[BearBroncos]

God Bless Barrelman for his decades of fanship in bad weather.

 

He'll be missed for sure!

[bpwallace49]

Isn't the delay mostly about fan safety for those in attendance and the money they wouldn't spend on concessions by those staying home?

 

yeah . . pretty much.

 

Plus add in people not being able to get to work at the game, accidents on the way to the game, etc.

 

Plus now we get to watch football on Monday AND Tuesday . . which is a bonus.

[BearBroncos]

I don't know about PHI, but it seems like pretty much everyone who lives here who would attend the game has a high-clearance 4x4 in the family.

 

And we'd truck pool everyone we knew The coldest game I ever went to was a Cleveland Browns game. There was about 2' of snow but it was like -20 below zero with a wind chill of about -40. My eyeballs were freezing.. and I mean that litterally. Sitting in the south stands trying to poor beer (not me of course) on Browns fans to watch the ice crystals form was great fun.

Edited December 27, 2010 by BearBroncos

[historymike]

I still think the smartest option would have been to move up the game to noon or even 11:00 am, well before the snow hit Philly. I used to manage concessions at a major metropolitan arena, and while this would have been some extra logistical work, it would have been much easier than moving the game up two days. Any bread products ordered for Sunday are less likely to be useable two days down the road, as well as any produce ordered for Sunday, which probably arrived Friday or Saturday. Next consider any frozen items brought out to thaw in advance: the shelf life on thawed food items is the same as fresh once thawed, and while two days might not seem like much, in reality this might mean significant spoilage in the food service business.

 

The most pressing issue would be in contacting the employees to get them there at the new start time. Again, some legwork, but no more legwork than in having to contact them for a switch to MON or TUE.

 

As many posters have noted, though, this is mostly about TV revenues, and I am sure the top concern for NBC and the NFL was how to keep the millions in ad revenues lined up for a Sunday night game.

[skylive5]

Football by its very nature is a WINTER sport. Thus you play in winter weather.

 

It is unfortunate that the very nature of the game has been comprimised by the NFL money grubbers and TV.

 

Had they never resked the game from its original 1PM start all would have been fine. Its not like football hasn't been played in harsh conditions before. For the fans and the players.

 

If anyone really, deep down, thinks that the NFL is concerned with fan safety they are quite mistaken.

[redrumjuice]

As many posters have noted, though, this is mostly about TV revenues, and I am sure the top concern for NBC and the NFL was how to keep the millions in ad revenues lined up for a Sunday night game.

 

Snow games have the highest ratings of them all. They already had prime time slot, so that is not the answer.

 

They moved the game because a bunch of sissies were scared of snow.

[Chief Dick]

Football by its very nature is a WINTER sport. Thus you play in winter weather.

 

It is unfortunate that the very nature of the game has been comprimised by the NFL money grubbers and TV.

 

Had they never resked the game from its original 1PM start all would have been fine. Its not like football hasn't been played in harsh conditions before. For the fans and the players.

 

If anyone really, deep down, thinks that the NFL is concerned with fan safety they are quite mistaken.

 

This.

[keggerz]

This.

agreed

[i_am_the_swammi]

Football by its very nature is a WINTER sport. Thus you play in winter weather.

 

It is unfortunate that the very nature of the game has been comprimised by the NFL money grubbers and TV.

 

Had they never resked the game from its original 1PM start all would have been fine. Its not like football hasn't been played in harsh conditions before. For the fans and the players.

 

If anyone really, deep down, thinks that the NFL is concerned with fan safety they are quite mistaken.

 

+1 on everything except the last statement:

 

Since the game was already in prime time, why do you think they moved it to Tuesday instead of playing it Sunday?

[Sunday Couch Potatoe]

+1 on everything except the last statement:

 

Since the game was already in prime time, why do you think they moved it to Tuesday instead of playing it Sunday?

So Vick could score a million points and everyone could rejoice in his greatness and the world would then be perfect!!

 

 

[keggerz]

+1 on everything except the last statement:

 

Since the game was already in prime time, why do you think they moved it to Tuesday instead of playing it Sunday?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[electricrelish]

Snow games have the highest ratings of them all. They already had prime time slot, so that is not the answer.

 

They moved the game because a bunch of sissies were scared of snow.

 

Back in my day, I remember sitting in a blinding snow blizzard, and watching the Philadelphia Eagles win their first title over the Chicago Cardinals in the 1948 Championship. We got free admission to the game if we brought our own snow shovel and helped clear the field, which we did. We carried Steve Van Buren off the field after the game, because he had scored the winning touchdown.

Edited December 27, 2010 by electricrelish

[i_am_the_swammi]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

How is it more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for the NFL or the network to play it on a Tuesday night than on a Sunday night?

 

As the genius reddumb points out, snow games draw the highest ratings of them all. If this is true, wouldn't it have been better for the NFL to keep it on Sunday, draw higher ratings, and get even more in advertising dollars next year?

Edited December 27, 2010 by i_am_the_swammi

[MikesVikes]

Gotta love the poll wording. Are you a professional pollster?

[i_am_the_swammi]

So Vick could score a million points and everyone could rejoice in his greatness and the world would then be perfect!!

 

Really? You think the NFL likes the idea of Vick being its poster boy for 2010? We were talking about this the other night. Most in Philly think its the NFL's worst nightmare....an ex-con jailed for despicable acts is now the face of the NFL?

[i_am_the_swammi]

Gotta love the poll wording. Are you a professional pollster?

 

He watches to much Faux News.

[RattlerB]

I still think the smartest option would have been to move up the game to noon or even 11:00 am, well before the snow hit Philly. I used to manage concessions at a major metropolitan arena, and while this would have been some extra logistical work, it would have been much easier than moving the game up two days. Any bread products ordered for Sunday are less likely to be useable two days down the road, as well as any produce ordered for Sunday, which probably arrived Friday or Saturday. Next consider any frozen items brought out to thaw in advance: the shelf life on thawed food items is the same as fresh once thawed, and while two days might not seem like much, in reality this might mean significant spoilage in the food service business.

 

The most pressing issue would be in contacting the employees to get them there at the new start time. Again, some legwork, but no more legwork than in having to contact them for a switch to MON or TUE.

 

As many posters have noted, though, this is mostly about TV revenues, and I am sure the top concern for NBC and the NFL was how to keep the millions in ad revenues lined up for a Sunday night game.

Wouldn't moving the game up have created public safety problems for people leaving the game if the state of emergency was declared for 2pm? I don't know what the conditions were like in Philly by 2pm, so this might be a useless question.

[keggerz]

How is it more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for the NFL or the network to play it on a Tuesday night than on a Sunday night?

 

As the genius reddumb points out, snow games draw the highest ratings of them all. If this is true, wouldn't it have been better for the NFL to keep it on Sunday, draw higher ratings, and get even more in advertising dollars next year?

I am talking about once the decision to move it was made.

they didn't want to move it to mon. due to the ESPN game

[wiegie]

Gotta love the poll wording. Are you a professional pollster?

There used to be another guy around here that used to post the best polls of a similar nature. Not sure whatever happpened to him. Name was B8Spank or something like that.

[wiegie]

while two days might not seem like much, in reality this might mean significant spoilage in the food service business.

My guess is the only concern that the Eagles had is how much product the rats would get to eat in the extra two days because I highly doubt most Eagles fans are that picky of eaters.