WHY DlD THEY FIX THE SUPERBOWL?
157425
Going away present for bettis!!!
163793
Probably not, I hope they send all those referees who made the call in the XL Super Bowl back to the minor league like baseball. They should send them back to NFL Europe or Candadian Football.
384932
Yeah, why not.  I'm glad Cowher got a ring so all the idiots who thought he was a choker coach will shut the hell up.  Dolts who don't understand the game always seem to talk the most, and that was one of their favorite sayings.  These are the same dolts who think Peyton Manning is incapable of "winning the big one."  \n\nIt's a different set of idiots who think the Super Bowl was fixed.  These people are almost retarded.
1052738
Yup...they're supposed to be fixing it. Someone below asked the same question and someone responded saying that it should be fixed by 12
922892
The XFL was basically a creation of NBC.  Because of that, the other TV and radio stations and the newspapers refused to give the teams any coverage.  They saw no reason to publicize a league which, if successful, would have benefitted their competitor.  \n\nSo the XFL was not allowed to build up any buzz of excitement, and, every time there was a screw-up, THAT was reported in depth.  By the end of the season, the XFL had become a laughing stock.  No one knew the players or teams, except when something went wrong.  It was like limiting sports coverage ONLY to the bloopers segments.\n\nGood luck!!
1074941
That is the most fun part of the game after a touch down for me. The endzone celebration. Players will pay the fine, I agree   it won't stop them from doing it.
765952
We had a similar issue in our league several weeks ago. Note that NFL gamecenter likely won't be corrected after the fact. To see the scoring corrections in Yahoo, go to your league page and select the Players tab at the top, and then select Stat Corrections.  FYI, McNabb was credited with a TD pass later in the week.\n\nIf you're not satisfied with this explanation, use the feedback link on this page:\n\nhttp://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/football/scoring/football-01.html\n\nYou probably won't get a response right away, but give it two days.
798328
Money Money Money is your answer\n\nThe first time the Super Bowl was played in February was 2002, following the 2001 season.  There was a week that was cancelled after 9/11, which pushed the Regular season back a week, therefore pushing the playoffs back as well.  \n\nMore recently, the NFL has shyed away from having their opening weekend be the same weekend as Labor Day.  That way, the NCAA can have their own big opening weekend bash, then the NFL can follow suit a week later.  Both of which allow for more money to be made by each organization.  That pushes the start of the NFL season more towards mid September, throw in the 17 week schedule, and your regular season takes you right up to, if not into the new year.  They tinkered with cutting out the week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl, but again, that didnt leave them enough time to get things together for the teams or fans, not to mention that it allows the NFL to make more money off the event.  \n\nHope this helps!
835117
It only works during football.  Staring 1:00 pm EST up till Monday night.
784370
Super Bowl hangover, it happens to nearly all Super Bowl winners. Key free agent losses and the retirement of "The Bus" cost them a lot of the leadership they enjoyed last season. Injuries havent helped and the soap opera that was Big Ben over the summer certainly didnt help. They need to regroup and re- dedicate themselves to the goals they had last year and they will be fine. There is still plenty of talent wearing Steeler black.
1083922
Absolutely impossible to fix more than 1 match let alone a whole competition, you cant stop deflections, luck ( good or bad)\nduno where u heard it  but more chance of a team from venus winning it than it being fiXed ..\nAbsolutely riddiculous
206987
Because there just are not enough true NFL fans in LA LA Land.  \nAccording to NFL blackout rules, if the game does not sell out, it is not televised in the home territory.  When the team was in LA, they would not sell out.  Al Davis used to have to cover part of the bleacher section to reduce the number of salable seats in order to keep the games televised.  Therefore, owners conclude they can make more profit in other areas with a stronger fan base.
394195
I thought having the Super Bowl in Detroit was a good idea.  I would like to see the Super Bowl go to more cities which may not be thought of as "traditional Super Bowl cities."
733461
FedEx field was not sold out 72 hours prior to kickoff; hence, a blackout was imposed on the region.\n\nSame thing would happen if M&T Bank Stadium did not sell out 72 hours prior to kickoff.  The logic is that fans may become inclined to stay home and not pay exorbitant ticket prices to watch the home team.  To protect the gate, the NFL blacks out home games and either shows another game or nothing.
740576
detroit has been doing the thanksgiving game since the 30s, and then in the mid 60s pete rozelle wanted to add another game on that day. no teams were smart enough to take the nfl up on that except dallas. teams were leery of having to host a game, use their employees when they thought they should be with their families, etc., not having the foresight to think that the thanksgiving games would become as huge as they have. the cowboys have hosted the second thanksgiving game since 1966 except for 1975 and 1977 when that game went to the mighty st. louis cardinals. the cards lost their 2 thanksgiving games to the bills and dolphins. otherwise, it has been dallas' game.\n\nnow all the other teams got the dollar signs in their eyes and have whined about not getting a thanksgiving game. the nfl has screwed alot of stuff up (re:officiating, using instant replay and delaying games for 15 minutes+, no celebration rule, having a superbowl in detroit, etc.), but have been smart enough to honor the fact that detroit and dallas accepted the thanksgiving games when all the other teams were too good to take it. could care less about detroit but there is no question that dallas should have the right to host that celebratory spectacle every year no matter how much other teams complain and bellyache.
227073
It's very possible that ALL pro sports are "fixed", but highly unlikely.  There is just too much media scrutiny and someone always talks, just look at the steroids thing in baseball.
579508
they "black-out" areas based on their tv contract.\nan attempt to get people to go to pay at the stadium. though the system and contracts are old and networks block out area wicked far away. not likely to change too much, tv contracts bring in good $$