As expected on Tuesday at the NFL owners meeting, New York/New Jersey’s bid for the 2014 Super Bowl was approved and the first cold weather city will host the season’s biggest game outdoors in the elements. This issue seemed to be a foregone conclusion with the construction of the new $1.6 billion facility, but there were still some dissenting votes unsure on the logistics of such a large scale event if weather became a factor. New York/New Jersey beat out both Tampa and another South Florida bid for the honor as they each fell by the wayside during the voting process. From travel for the international crowd attending to the fear of the game itself being a bit of a disappointment, there were still some holdouts unwilling to give the idea of a cold weather Super Bowl the green light.

Nevertheless, the idea has passed and the group moved on to a variety of other issues including the expansion of the new overtime rule into the regular season. The NFL decided a few months ago that overtime would be reformatted to allow each team a possession if the team having the ball first fails to score a touchdown. Many were curious as to why such a rule wouldn’t just be implemented into the regular season as well to allow teams the chance to test some strategies, but in the discussions on making such a move Tuesday, the issue was tabled to the next meeting. Many league officials said that they would like to continue examining the issue and talking with players to get a feel of just how such a change would be accepted.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been a busy man with all of these discussions and it doesn’t end there for the league’s head honcho. Goodell says that a decision regarding Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger should be expected within the next week as to when he can join the team’s offseason workouts. With his behavioral evaluation now in the rearview mirror, the only thing left for the Commissioner to do is review the findings and render his verdict on the issue. Regardless of this decision, the Steelers signal caller will still be sidelined for at least the first four games of the 2010 regular season which means that the team will be relying on either youngster Dennis Dixon or veteran Byron Leftwich to win games during the season’s opening month.

The real headliner is certainly the decision to hold the Super Bowl in the elements in the middle of winter and that debate will rage on until the game finally arrives in four years. If the Northeast were to experience a snowmageddon similar to the one that took place this past winter, the Super Bowl would be the least of everyone’s concern around the area. Trying to make travel arrangements and secure tickets is a big enough headache for most Super Bowl goers in a warm weather city, but with the additional threat of flight delays due to inclement weather, it’s going to be a roll of the dice for those hoping to attend the 2014 edition at the New Meadowlands Stadium.

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