Should NFL Games be played in such cold weather?

[ucfgrad93]

My main gripe is that a playoff game should be about personal skill, good preparation and clever coaching. When weather becomes a factor that threatens to be a bigger issue than that, then the game suffers because of it.

Aw, boo fracking hoo. The weather affects both teams and if one team handles it better than the other, too bad so sad.

 

[Sydde]

You have to remember, too, that for the aggregate c. 6 minutes that most players are actually involved in playing, they tend to be playing pretty hard, and they trot around a bit between plays. The exertion helps keep them rather warm-ish. I know, I have ridden a bicycle in quite cold weather and not had a problem. Football is an outdoor sport, it ought not be played with the weather falling on the roof. I mean, the Rockies hosted some world series games at beer field, imagine baseball players trying to cope with the temperature in Denver almost to Halloween. Do you want them re-siting the world series because it might get cold?

 

[Old Muley]

I live in Titletown and, with the exception of my college years, always have. You grow up here, and you get used to the weather. People still have to work, shovel snow and do all the things they need to do. If you want to feel sorry for someone, what about the dairy farmers that still have to work every day? Or how 'bout the city workers who have to fix broken water mains?

 

[G51989]

I am from northern California, where it's a cloudless, sunny, ~60º day.

Have you ever been to a place like Wisconsin in the winter?

My main gripe is that a playoff game should be about personal skill, good preparation and clever coaching. When weather becomes a factor that threatens to be a bigger issue than that, then the game suffers because of it.

None of which can is effected by the cold, the other team needs to be prepared for playing on the frozen tundra.

Baseball, golf, soccer, auto racing, sailing, and other outdoor sports get postponed due to severe weather. For some reason—I suspect an overgrown sense of machismo—professional football does not.

Things like Baseball, Soccer, and gold get called off due to heavy rain and lightning, which is lethal, same with sailing. However, things like auto racing, and ocean going sailing are rarely called off due to bad weather ( depends on the type of racing, many races will keep going in the rain and snow ).

Your missing the other point. The weather today in Wisconsin is not considered " severe " by Wisconsin standards, its just another day in the life of living on the great lakes during winter. People live and work and hunt, and play and do outdoor sports every day in weather like this in Wisconsin, its no big deal to anyone who's spent a mentionable amount of time there.

I used to go to Braves games in Atlanta in 90-100 degree heat, should those games be called off due to " severe weather " ?

 

[Sydde]

I live in Titletown and, with the exception of my college years, always have. You grow up here, and you get used to the weather. People still have to work, shovel snow and do all the things they need to do. If you want to feel sorry for someone, what about the dairy farmers that still have to work every day? Or how 'bout the city workers who have to fix broken water mains?

OTOH, many of the Packers players do not actually winter-over in Wisconsin, they have homes in places where people want to live 😉

 

[G51989]

OTOH, many of the Packers players do not actually winter-over in Wisconsin, they have homes in places where people want to live 😉

Who wouldn't want to live in Wisconsin? Its a great state, loads of cool stuff to do.

And the Cheese capital of North America, who doesn't love cheese?

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I live in Titletown and, with the exception of my college years, always have. You grow up here, and you get used to the weather. People still have to work, shovel snow and do all the things they need to do. If you want to feel sorry for someone, what about the dairy farmers that still have to work every day? Or how 'bout the city workers who have to fix broken water mains?

Clearly the ONLY way to keep them save is to move them all to the south and west coast, where its much safer, with no lethal cold and kills millions and milions every single year.

.....

WAit.....thats never happened

 

[Renzatic]

-50 windchill for Lambeau Field...

Bundle up kids..

Dress like you're gonna be climbing Everest, folks!

 

[G51989]

Dress like you're gonna be climbing Everest, folks!

Welcome to winter life in Wisconsin. It's really not that bad.

 

[pivo6]

Let's be honest. It really isn't that cold out. It's still above zero, and at 5 F, it's about 15 degrees warmer than where I'm at.

 

[Renzatic]

I used to go to Braves games in Atlanta in 90-100 degree heat, should those games be called off due to " severe weather " ?

I once spent 6 hours straight running conduit, coax, and CAT5 cable on top of the Cactus Car Wash in Buckhead during the doggiest of the dog days of summer. It was about 115 degrees up there, but as long as I had my steady supply of water, I was fine. 90-100 degrees in a stadium is hardly life threatening.

And the year before, the whole extended family got together to have a big fish bake for the 4th of July. It was hot. Very hot. Despite the fact we had tons of old people there directly exposed to the smoldering elements, not a single person died.

But negative 50 with the windchill? That will kill you dead if you're not perfectly 100% prepared for it.

 

[hallux]

I am from northern California, where it's a cloudless, sunny, ~60º day.

My main gripe is that a playoff game should be about personal skill, good preparation and clever coaching. When weather becomes a factor that threatens to be a bigger issue than that, then the game suffers because of it.

Baseball, golf, soccer, auto racing, sailing, and other outdoor sports get postponed due to severe weather. For some reason—I suspect an overgrown sense of machismo—professional football does not.

Can anybody explain why?

Can't disagree more.

Is it fair to the teams or the fans to hold a GB/SF game in Tampa? No, they won't hold it in SF because GB won home-field ADVANTAGE due to their record. Their advantage? THEIR fans cheering them on, THEY get to practice in the cold more often and are more used to it. Moving a playoff game to another city because it's a bit chilly (I live in Upstate, NY where our snowfall total on Thurs/Fri. was higher than our high temp. for the day) benefits NOBODY, including the NFL. Imagine how empty the stadium would be, it'd be more empty than Lambeau would have been if they hadn't pushed to sell the rest of the tickets!

Baseball, golf, sailing cancellations? Have you considered the prospects of being in an open field during a lightning storm, or in the middle of a puddle? Baseball delays due to rain, sure, but it's not an easy game to play in a downpour. And are you serious about questioning canceling auto racing due to severe weather? Have you ever considered the prospects of driving 200 MPH IN THE RAIN WITH SLICK TIRES? It would NOT end well for anyone.

 

[G51989]

But negative 50 with the windchill? That will kill you dead if you're not perfectly 100% prepared for it.

I think your misreading.

I just checked, the current temperature in Green Bay is 4F with a -20F windchill. Not -50F with windchill on top of that.

The windchill is expected to get into the -50 range very late tonight, and the game will be over by then.

And, I highly expect everyone leaving the game will be prepared, as its hardy people who are used to this kind of weather.

 

[Sydde]

Who wouldn't want to live in Wisconsin? Its a great state, loads of cool stuff to do.

And the Cheese capital of North America, who doesn't love cheese?

You do not want to hear my opinion of Wisconsin "cheese". There is a town in northern Wisconsin that gives its name to the insipid yellow putty that was invented there (drove through Colby once). My best friend lives in Oshkosh – I introduced her to Tillamook and she never looked back. That or Cabot from Vermont, which is light-years ahead of all but the most ridiculously expensive stuff from the dairy state.

There is a reason Packers fans wear the stuff on their heads, it is far preferable to putting it into their mouths.

I could make other comments about the state, but I would rather not PRSI the thread

 

[samiwas]

Who wouldn't want to live in Wisconsin?

This guy.

No desire whatsoever to live anywhere in the north unless someone is paying me a handsome sum to do so.

 

[Renzatic]

I think your misreading.

I just checked, the current temperature in Green Bay is 4F with a -20F windchill. Not -50F with windchill on top of that.

The windchill is expected to get into the -50 range very late tonight, and the game will be over by then.

And, I highly expect everyone leaving the game will be prepared, as its hardy people who are used to this kind of weather.

Still pretty goddamn cold. You'd have to be insane to go out in weather like that.

Though for the record, I should state that I have an extreme dislike of cold weather. And for me, cold weather is anything below 50F.

edit: what Samiwas said. You freaky ass people and your love of near arctic conditions is...is...it's wrong, people. WRONG!

 

[G51989]

You do not want to hear my opinion of Wisconsin "cheese". There is a town in northern Wisconsin that gives its name to the insipid yellow putty that was invented there (drove through Colby once). My best friend lives in Oshkosh – I introduced her to Tillamook and she never looked back. That or Cabot from Vermont, which is light-years ahead of all but the most ridiculously expensive stuff from the dairy state.

There is a reason Packers fans wear the stuff on their heads, it is far preferable to putting it into their mouths.

Small world, my grandparents have a house right near Oshkosh, right on the lake. With 3 boats, can't beat them during the EAA show.

I could make other comments about the state, but I would rather not PRSI the thread

It's kind of hard to judge Wisconsin Cheese if you've only ever tried a little bit of it, considering there are over 15,000 different varieties. Of course there is bad Cheese in Wisconsin, but there is lots of good cheese. Lots of the local Artisan cheese can be great. And I know my cheese, I've been to France, Italy, England, vermont, New York ( where I live ), and tried cheese all over the place, Wisconsin has some damn good cheese.

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Still pretty goddamn cold. You'd have to be insane to go out in weather like that.

Though for the record, I should state that I have an extreme dislike of cold weather. And for me, cold weather is anything below 50F.

I see you live in Atlanta, Born and raised in Atlanta myself, Spent lots of winters up with the other side of the family in OshKosh. I can handle the heat or the cold just fine.

 

[Renzatic]

I see you live in Atlanta, Born and raised in Atlanta myself, Spent lots of winters up with the other side of the family in OshKosh. I can handle the heat or the cold just fine.

Actually, I live just outside of Chattanooga, officially in Georgia. Though Atlanta is just a short hour drive down south for me (with the way I drive).

I can handle heat just fine. But cold? No. Don't wanna.

 

[G51989]

Still pretty goddamn cold. You'd have to be insane to go out in weather like that.

Though for the record, I should state that I have an extreme dislike of cold weather. And for me, cold weather is anything below 50F.

edit: what Samiwas said. You freaky ass people and your love of near arctic conditions is...is...it's wrong, people. WRONG!

I guess I'm insane, growing up me and my grandparents and other family and friends always head out onto the lake in temps not to far off, bring out the snow machines, the sawzall or the arguer, fishing poles, firewood, some booze, and your good to go, been doing it snice childhood.

Nothing beats ice fishing for winter fun, or racing snow machines 😉

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Actually, I live just outside of Chattanooga, officially in Georgia. Though Atlanta is just a short hour drive down south for me (with the way I drive).

I can handle heat just fine. But cold? No. Don't wanna.

I like it both, Bring it on. I have no desire to live in a place like California where the weather never changes, ever.

Atlanta and Chattangooa aren't to bad because there's normally some kind of wind.

Try Tallahassee in the summer, its like 1000 times worse kuz its so much more humid 😉

 

[Burton8219]

Should NFL Games be played in such cold weather?

The thing is that you think you're speaking for what the players want when it's quite the opposite... These players want to play, they don't need sideline lobbyists to stick up for them when they aren't asking for it.

Also if you ever played football you wouldn't have this mentality... Just saying. Competition can make people put up with some crazy things.

 

[oddnendz]

I am from northern California, where it's a cloudless, sunny, ~60º day.

My main gripe is that a playoff game should be about personal skill, good preparation and clever coaching. When weather becomes a factor that threatens to be a bigger issue than that, then the game suffers because of it.

Baseball, golf, soccer, auto racing, sailing, and other outdoor sports get postponed due to severe weather. For some reason—I suspect an overgrown sense of machismo—professional football does not.

Can anybody explain why?

California, that explains a lot..... (note: my mom is from Santa Barbara... she would make the same comment).

I guess you don't get winter sports either...... most of those sports you listed are spring/summer sports.. (ok baseball can go into fall and it did snow at the US/Mexico soccer game (which was awesome)).

 

[Renzatic]

I guess I'm insane, growing up me and my grandparents and other family and friends always head out onto the lake in temps not to far off, bring out the snow machines, the sawzall or the arguer, fishing poles, firewood, some booze, and your good to go, been doing it snice childhood.

Nothing beats ice fishing for winter fun, or racing snow machines 😉
I like it both, Bring it on.

See, you've been able to acclimate yourself to it. I haven't. The most experience I have with godawful freak-cold was during the couple of weeks I spent in Pennsylvania about 10 years ago, which all but mentally scarred me for life. Since then, I do all my travelling in the summer.

I mean you people actually put chains around your tires. What kinda messed up BS is that?

I have no desire to live in a place like California where the weather never changes, ever. Atlanta and Chattangooa aren't to bad because there's normally some kind of wind.

Yeah, we get seasons down here, though they're not as extreme as what you all get up north. About the only thing you can say about winters down here is that they're spastic, with one day being a chilly 46, and the next a decent 75. Then it rains, and the winter tornadoes come.

It really is a great place to live...

 

[G51989]

See, you've been able to acclimate yourself to it. I haven't. The most experience I have with godawful freak-cold was during the couple of weeks I spent in Pennsylvania about 10 years ago, which all but mentally scarred me for life. Since then, I do all my travelling in the summer.

I never had an issue, probably because I was used to the hot and cold at a very young age.

I like both, the weather in Wisconsin doesn't bother me at all. I've been to Pittsburgh in the middle of winter as well, didn't see any issue with it at all.

Yeah, sometimes extreme winter travel is stupid, but I've driven my Grand Sport Corvette from near NYC ( where I live now ) to all the way to San Fran in the near winter, as long as its not a lot of snow, its fine 😉 Its awesome driving from -10F near NYC to 65F in San Fran over the period of two weeks 😉 Rockies + Corvette = awesome ( just plan ahead so theres no snowfall lol )

I mean you people actually put chains around your tires. What kinda messed up BS is that?

Here in New York? No lol. But sometimes in Wisconsin you need to, because it will literally snow 3-4 feet in the span of a day or two. That's why so many people drive large trucks and SUVs up there.

I have a F350 Super Duty that I normally drive up to Wisconsin when I go during the winter ( I enjoy driving long distances ), and I keep chains in the bed just in case, its gotten stuck a few times in that area lol.

Yeah, we get seasons down here, though they're not as extreme as what you all get up north. About the only thing you can say about winters down here is that they're spastic, with one day being a chilly 46, and the next a decent 75. Then it rains, and the winter tornadoes come.

It really is a great place to live...

It is a good place to live, can't say I love the heat tho. I don't mind it, but I prefer the cold.

Assuming I don't move out of the country, I plan to retire in Tallahassee, one of my favorite cities.

 

[Peace]

If this game ends the way it is right now it's going to be Green Bay saying it shouldn't be played.


😉

 

[G51989]

If this game ends the way it is right now it's going to be Green Bay saying it shouldn't be played.


😉

You win some, you lose some 😉

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California, that explains a lot..... (note: my mom is from Santa Barbara... she would make the same comment).

I guess you don't get winter sports either...... most of those sports you listed are spring/summer sports.. (ok baseball can go into fall and it did snow at the US/Mexico soccer game (which was awesome)).

I have nothing against anyone from California.

I have noticed that lots of people in California seems to be stuck in some kind of " bubble " is the best word for it, they really never get out and do stuff, outside of the cities, the entire state is basically a giant suburban sprawl, so I think you have a high number of people who get enraged when they see people doing things like playing football sub zero weather, then cry " Postpone! Move! That isn't safe! It's not like where I live " while TOTALLY ignoring the fact that people in that area ( Wisconsin in this case ), work, play, and live in this kind of weather nearly half the year.

 

[Gutwrench]

I have no desire to live in a place like California where the weather never changes, ever.

Of all the places I've lived and visited I loved Northern California. The climate, nature, recreation, and agriculture (food) is just superb. I could ride a motorcycle year 'round as well as shorts. I could dine in countless fine restaurants in SF and enjoy the Pacific, twenty minutes later I could be in the Redwoods, an hour later steelhead fishing (or head south to hunt pheasant or wild boar) or be walking the wineries. In the winter I could do the same things and in 3.5 - 4 hour drive be skiing in Tahoe.

I did not like the crime, except for the job security, nor did I like cutthroat selfishness of many people, but that I suppose is a symptom of all fast paced competitive areas. When I retire, again, we plan to spend our days living between Tianjin, the Twin Cities, and San Francisco.