2006-11-28 00:13:33 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Money Money Money is your answer
The 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.
More 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.
Hope this helps!
2006-11-28 00:20:48 · answer #1 · answered by Xax Haus 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a combination of a few factors. The bye week has extended the season (anyone remember the year they did TWO bye weeks?) and the playoff format has been expanded (anyone remember when there was no wild card?) That pushes the Super Bowl back two weeks. Since it was in late January, that makes a February date.
2006-11-28 00:49:52 · answer #2 · answered by snaggs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for the great explanation "Mike P" but it still sucks big time for me personally. For years, my wife's grandmother had her birthday in the last week of January. She was the "matriarch" of the family so it was a HUGE birthday party last Sunday of the month, with at least 150-200 guests. It screwed up the Superbowl for us fans in the family EVERY single year!
In 2001, Grandma Lolita passed away (don't be too sad, she was 102!) The next year they changed the SB to the first week in February! Guess what? My father-in-law's birthday is the 5th! So the family just makes the Big Party for HIS birthday now, first Sunday of the month! We are a Mexican family so there is no options here, your father-in-law (head of the extended family) his birthday party is NOT "optional."
I finally got the last laugh. Last January I bought the upstairs duplex in my father-in-law's huge house. The party starts at 2:00, by 6:00 or so when the SB finally gets underway, me and the boys can just sneak upstairs and catch the game on my 42" plasma, flat screen ...........
(Oh, and because of the party, we're already stuffed with food and all "liquered-up" so we haven't actually missed a thing....)
2006-11-28 01:37:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
February Sweeps. The more people watch something the more the network can charge for advertising later in the year.
2006-11-28 01:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by Perplexed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot more teams than there were before. In order to have more teams play each other and with the Wild Card playoffs and all, it pushes the season out farther.
2006-11-28 00:22:46 · answer #5 · answered by Betty Q 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It changed to accommodate the expansion to 32 teams. This way the gullible public gets even more opportunity to waste their time and money on such trivial pursuits.
I still like college and good high school ball.
2006-11-28 00:19:02 · answer #6 · answered by dragunov 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Football grew more popular so they made more games which means more money.
2006-11-28 01:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the rich can make more money off of it.
2006-11-28 00:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so that the owners and everyone else in it can make more money off of it
2006-11-28 01:55:48 · answer #9 · answered by K_Bradshaw_WRH # 58 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
2006-11-28 00:17:51 · answer #10 · answered by mariefel q 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋