[MortMan]

I grew up in upstate New York, and remember many winter mornings walking in 8-12 inches of snow toward school, griping about the unfairness.

Then I grew up... (somewhat - LOL)

If a big event doesn’t plan for “acts of God” (can we say that anymore?), then they are failing to plan, and hence planning to fail.

[Vigilanteman]

Yep. If I ran the NFL, I'd start and end the season a month later. The Super Bowl ideally would be held the last Sunday in February or first Sunday in March, about the time March madness starts.

Preseason would be in September and regular season would start in October. No damn way they should be suiting up and playing in the August heat, even exhibition.

Baseball is a whole other story. The World Series should be done in the middle of October. Unlike football, it is not a game intended to be played in the snow and rain. Yeah, I know about revenue. But if they can't reduce the 162 game schedule, then they could start the schedule in mid March in more southern climates.

NHL is less of a problem because it is an indoor sport. But I still think it is ridiculous to be holding Stanley Cup play-offs in June!