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Tuesday Night Football

Tuesday Night Football - The debate has been raging since the NFL moved the Sunday Night game to tonight in Philadelphia, because of a blizzard that was scheduled to hit with full force on Sunday. Did the NFL and the home team Eagles do the right thing? Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania complained publicly yesterday, saying that “this is part of the wussification of America.” I think they should have played this game on Sunday night, and I agree with some of Rendell’s sentiments (those that deal with playing football in the elements and memorable games). I can comfortably say this as someone who would have watched the game on TV from a thousand miles away and didn’t have to deal with getting there. I’m not going to say that it represents anything larger about society, though. I’m also glad I wasn’t one of the decision makers responsible for making this call at the time it had to be made. Tuesday Night Football Let’s ask this question: are there any circumstances under which...