Sunday, April 3, 2011
Day of Tournament Finals Leaves Fans in Question
The phrase "Superbowl Sunday" has been used for decades. Recently, however, many fans and even NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell have wanted to change "Superbowl Sunday" to "Superbowl Saturday". Why? Fans around the nation, especially on the east coast, have wanted to have a Superbowl party to go on and stay on until the late night without having the thought of going to work the next day.
Fast forward 1 month to the College Basketball National Championship game. That game is on a Monday! At first it sounds questionable, but Scott Leoni, New Jersey resident who needs Butler to win to win his group's bracket, says, "'Cause there's nothing else on on Monday so you might as well have championships games played on Monday."
The reason why the Superbowl, the BCS National Championship game, and the College Basketball National Championship game is complained about for timing is so often is because the most populated coast is the east coast, and the east coast is hit hardest with late national television shows. However, the west coast does not have it that bad. The National Championship game on the west coast starts at 6:23 PM this year and is scheduled to end sometime close to 9:00 PM this year. People of the west coast could even watch one of their favorite hour-long shows before going to bed.
Unfortunately, the east coast does, in fact, have it the worst. In the east coast, the game starts at 9:23 and is scheduled to end close to 12:00 midnight! Many have complained of how late the Superbowl ends in the east coast, but the College Basketball Championship game starts the same time the Superbowl would end. One solution that can come out of this is to have the game to be played on a Saturday. Scott Leoni adds, "Yeah. It really hurts the kids that have to school the next day (after the game). It would probably be better to have [the National Championship game] on a Saturday night."
For now, all we can do is complain because if the game has not changed its date in the past, what is the chance it will be changed now? It must have been brought up more than once for the committee to discuss the day of the week and time of the game, but they still have not changed it. After being asked if the day of the week should be changed for the National Championship game, Scott replies, "I do not because it's been like that for so many years that they probably won't change it. Plus you have to have the final four game on a Saturday which are two very good exciting basketball games so, you know, then you have to wait to games for the championship game, you don't want to wait another week for the championship game so they have it on a Monday."
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