Are you ready for a Super Tuesday? The NFL is. As a matter of fact, the league is preparing for just about anything when it comes to Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium, where weather could change just about everything about the game, including the day and time.
A TV industry source told the Daily News that the league has discussed the possibility of changing the day of the game if severe weather were to be forecast to hit the New York/New Jersey area on Super Bowl Sunday. According to the source, these contingency plans gained life when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell asked what would happen if weather caused mass complications on the day of the game.
That source said that while delaying the game is a possibility, playing it the Saturday before isnt going to happen, although it was considered at the meeting. You cant move the game ahead a day (Saturday). It would be a logistical nightmare and the commissioner knows that. The game can be moved into the next week. That can be done, the source said. It would be like knowing on the day of a World Series game there would be heavy rain at 8 (p.m.) then trying to start it at 4 (p.m.). You couldnt do it.
Read more: NFL would delay Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium if severe weather is in forecast - NY Daily News
Good to know this man has foresight.