Super Bowl L's

The NFL owners are meeting this week in Boston. The top issue at the meeting is the selection of future Super Bowl sites. We are approaching the L's. The sites for Super Bowl L and Super Bowl LI will be determined by a vote of the 32 owners. For whatever reason the owners will vote in a round-robin-type format. They will pick between San Francisco and Miami for Super Bowl L. If a host region does not score 75 percent of the vote, the owners will vote again. That vote would require only a simply majority-17 votes- to declare the winner. The loser will square off with Houston for Super Bowl LI. Maybe the owners have always done it this way when they are selecting more than one site. It just seems silly. I would think that hosting Super Bow L would be quite an honor. Maybe Houston would like to be part of that vote as well. Maybe the math is too difficult for the owners with three teams involved.

San Francisco, Santa Clara actually, will have a dazzling new stadium by the time of Super Bowl L in early February 2016. I really don't see them losing this vote. Even against Miami. Miami is tied with New Orleans for hosting the most Super Bowls at ten. The city knows how to host these big games and the weather is always fabulous. This year, however, Miami was unable to secure public funding for renovations to Sun Life Stadium. The NFL likely needed those renovations for the extravaganza of Super Bowl L. Miami didn't get them and San Francisco, Santa Clara actually, has that beautiful new stadium ready for the big event. They'll even have bike racks for those silly California residents that will bike to the biggest of big games. There's no topping that perk. The NFL also has a strong tendency to reward regions that build beautiful new stadiums with Super Bowls. I think that San Francisco, Santa Clara actually, takes this one.

I also think that Houston takes the second vote for most of the same reasons that I see San Francisco, Santa Clara actually, taking the first vote.

Minnesota should be hosting their second Super Bowl some time after Super Bowl LI. Hopefully, the Vikings will be at that Super Bowl and most of those in between.