Ravens QB Calls Meadowlands Super Bowl 'Retarded'
Baltimore Raven Joe Flacco said he believed MetLife Stadium should get a retractable dome if they want to host the Super Bowl in Bergen County.
Baltimore Ravens Quarterback Joe Flacco doesn't think much of plans to hold the Super Bowl at Bergen County's MetLife Stadium next year.
When Denver Post reporter Mike Klis asked Flacco for his thoughts about the "cold weather" venue, the Super Bowl-bound quarterback said he thought it was "retarded," then, correcting his language, called it "stupid," according to a post on DenverPost.com.
"If you want a Super Bowl, put a retractable dome on your stadium. Then you can get one," Flacco said, according to the post. "Other than that I don’t really like the idea. I don’t think people would react very well to it, or be glad to play anybody in that kind of weather.”
Flacco, who grew up in South Jersey, won't have to worry about the weather when he faces the 49ers on Sunday in New Orleans. The National Weather Service is predicting mild weather, "mostly sunny with a high near 66."
John Q. Public
4:31 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
$4.61 million for 2012, and he's afraid of a little cold.
debra lynch
5:02 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
who says hes even going to make it to the super bowl next year? we dont want him here either-
Scondo
8:46 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
I think he attended Univ of Delaware that maybe an explanation as to why he is so stupid. Love you Joe, but gees put a sock in it. Good luck on Sunday.
Lisa
8:46 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Who`s he calling retarded, hey fool look
in the mirror.
Joe Henry
8:46 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
He is stupid & dumb.
Steve Goldstein
11:13 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
If it's below zero wind chill or a huge blizzard on 2/2/14, Flacco may be proven right.
Art Elmers
10:29 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
But at least it will be a game to remember like "The Ice Bowl". The 1967 NFL Championship game was held in -13 degree weather in Green Bay between the Packers and the Cowboys. This was before the days of the Super Bowl. In fact the first "world championship game" was held in January 1968 between the Packers and the Chiefs and while it was held in warm, sunny LA it failed to sell out.
Football was meant to be played in any kind of weather unlike baseball where the players run into the dugout when it rains. To try to bring it inside or play only where it is warm just to maximize profits satisfies the big money behind football today.
Now I think on Monday, win or loose, Joe will have played in just another Super Bowl held in the New Orleans Super Dome that most will not remember a year from now.
GoRavens
11:13 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
I think he's correct... who wants to freeze and smell the jersey putrid air...should be a dome
Melissa L.
11:13 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Football is a winter sport, its meant to be played in the cold... there is nothing wrong with the super bowl being in a stadium without a dome in the northeast....
TS
8:09 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wimp!!! If he doesn't like cold weather, he should be playing football.
joann
9:01 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Perhaps joe should visit bestbuddies.org to see why his choice of words are so poor and offensive. There must be another adjective to choose.
jp1
9:01 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Football is played in all types of weather and the super bowl should be no exception, as for Flacco maybe he is too much of a candy a--.
Cmon Joe
9:38 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
i dont know how these pro athletes let themselves say such stupid things while being recorded. as soon as the r -word left his mouth he realized he shouldnt have said it and i understand that word and the f- word for homosexuals is said by some because it was slang growing up and they arent saying it to be offensive. but you think on superbowl media day a guy making millions a year would at least take a second to think before he speaks.
at least now i have a team im rooting for this game... go niners
Cmon Joe
11:22 am on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
cant wait for meadowland super bowl, the way football was meant to be played. for popularity and money reasons the NFL does not gear the super bowl for real football fans. they know die hard football fans will watch no matter what. the people who watch football only on superbowl sunday do not want to see a 13-10 defensive battle in the cold, they want to see high scoring, a poular artist put on a show at halftime, and million dollar commercials.
if you ask me its about time the NFL stops catering to the once a year fan and start thinking about the real football fans who want to see some smash mouth football.
Curtis Mcclendon
3:59 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Superbowl is only partly about football now, theres a huge entertainment value and bad weathet would kill millions of dollars in revenue if the weather was horrible. Plus it might have been memorible 50 years ago, but now you pay thousands and thousands of dollars to get there and stay there so bad weather would cost millions of dollars in lost ticket sales, airlines, etc the city would also loose millions
Steve Goldstein
9:47 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I stand by my comments. What about what the fans must endure, in terms of conditions at the game and getting there? What about the players' families? What about vendors? What about playing conditions? Some of our posters could care less.
RM
8:34 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
They play all season in all kinds of weather. The Super Bowl should be like other sports. Play the game in the stadium of the team with the best records.
Me
2:07 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
I don't see a problem. Who cares if he uses the word? Freedom of speech is for everyone. So let him call it whatever he wants.
NolaRev
8:05 am on Monday, February 4, 2013
The fans want to go to New Orleans for entertainment, hospitality and the game. Thousands of people are in New Orleans right now that didn't even have tickets, that doesn't happen in any other city. The superdome is also extremely sentimental for New Orleanians , they take pride in it.