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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014
QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FACT OF THE DAY
The 1972 Super Bowl, played in New Orleans, is the coldest Super Bowl ever with kickoff at 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
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THE MORNING BREW
Arrowhead Stadium has Super Bowl potential
Imagine Arrowhead Stadium, the "Sea of Red," filled with nearly 80,000 ecstatic football fans during a Super Bowl. Kansas City would be the spectacle of the biggest sporting event and most viewed televised event.
It almost happened. Feb. 1, 2015 could have been the day that the Super Bowl would be played in Kansas City, Mo.
NFL owners agreed in November of 2005 to award a Super Bowl to Kansas City in honor of then-Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt, who founded the American Football League in the 1960s and helped coin the term of the NFL's big game, the Super Bowl. Then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced in March of 2006 that Kansas City would host a Super Bowl if the game were to be played under a roof.
Although the idea of hosting a Super Bowl sounds enticing to football fans in Kansas City, 52 percent of the voters rejected the proposal of construction of a portable roof between Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadium. The moveable roof that made Kansas City an easy favorite for the 2015 Super Bowl could have cost Jackson County, Mo., taxpayers approximately $200 million.
The NFL has been against having a cold Super Bowl and wants to stay away from having weather play a part in the game. But the NFL seems to forget that right before the Super Bowl, many of its games are played in the cold. Out of the 331 total games, including exhibition, regular season and postseason games and excluding the Super Bowl, the NFL is indifferent what the weather forecast will be for any of those games.
Therefore, the Chiefs withdrew the request to host the Super Bowl and
Why is it that the Super Bowl is the one game that must avoid the cold elements?
the NFL lost interest in having a Super Bowl in Kansas City, all because of the stadium not having a roof during cold temperatures in the first week of February. The NFL entertains the idea of hosting a Super Bowl only in warmer climates or in cities with an indoor stadium.
"warm Super Bowl" in May of 2010 when the league explored the idea of hosting a Super Bowl in East Rutherford, N.J., at MetLife Stadium. Once the stadium's construction was complete, the league eventually approved of having the Super Bowl in MetLife Stadium.
Three days ago, the Seattle Seahawks eradicated the Denver Broncos in MetLife Stadium and won the Super Bowl with
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell probably pondered this question right before going against the idea of a
temperatures in the mid-to-high 40s. The trepidations of a snowstorm in the New York-New Jersey area slowly faded away as this year's Super Bowl was clear of snow.
But even so, Goodell and the league knew in advance that the chances of a snowstorm or low temperatures in the forecast for this game were conceivable. So why not reconsider Kansas City, without the roof, as a future Super Bowl host?
The temperature high in Kansas City this past Sunday was at 24 degrees and the low was at 11 degrees. Had this year's Super Bowl taken place at Arrowhead Stadium, it would have been the coldest Super Bowl in NFL history, which would have shattered the record the 1972 Super Bowl held in New Orleans at 39 degrees.
Although East Rutherford, which is near New York City, is a far more attractive scene for a Super Bowl compared to Kansas City, the NFL should not shy away and be more amenable to having the game at rowhead Stadium.
Football games are already played in venues where temperatures have dropped below zero. Therefore, the Super Bowl shouldn't be played exclusively indoors or in controlled climates.
If having a Super Bowl in a cold city makes it less alluring to attend, then fans who want to attend a game in a controlled climate shouldn't stress attending.
Kansas City successfully hosted the MLB All-Star Game in 2012 at Kauffman Stadium and the MLS All-Star Game at Sporting Park. It's time for another big sporting event to come to Kansas City.
This week in athletics
Edited by Blair Sheade
Tennis
Colorado
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Friday
Saturday
Softball Central Florida 5 p.m. Orlando, Fla.
Thursday No events
Swimming and diving
iowa State
10 a.m.
Ames, Iowa
Men's basketball
West Virginia
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Softball LIU Brooklyn 10 a.m. Orlando, Fla.
Track and field
Armory Collegiate
Invitational
All day
New York, N.Y.
Women's basketball
Oklahoma
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Tennessee-Chattanooga
8 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Men's basketball Kansas State 8 p.m. Manhattan
Monday
Tennis
Eastern Michigan
10 a.m.
Lawrence
heading into the championship part of its season. Kansas heads up to Iowa State Feb. 7 and 8
No events
The 6-3 Cyclones have senior Imelda Wistey, one of the premiere breaststrokers in the Big 12. Wistey was given the Big 12 Women's Swimmer of the Week award in January for her efforts in the pool. Wistey
holds four records at Iowa State, which were all broken in one meet. Wistey was previously awarded the same honor on Nov.20.
Tuesday
The 7-4 Kansas swimming and diving team is preparing for its final dual meet before
Kansas ready to meet Iowa State at home
Wednesday
Women's basketball
TCU
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Wistey isn't the only Cyclone to receive all-conference honors. Sophomore diver Elyse Brouillette was awarded Women's Diver of the Week on
The Cyclones are excited to host the Jayhawks on their senior day.
"It will definitely be a fun competition because we beat them here two years ago, and they beat us at their home pool last year," said Iowa State
senior Katie Vollhaber. "We will be fighting for that edge to see who can be the better team. They definitely are neck-and-neck with us, so I think it will be a good meet."
Nov. 20 for her efforts on the board.
"We aren't concerning ourselves with winning or losing," said Kansas coach Clark Campbell. "What we
want to do is perform to our standard of excellence. We want to be confident. The [meet] will be about performing to our standards and if we do that, good things will come from it."
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