[safeasthebanks]

"...why they can't reschedule something eight years away to December or January when the weather is likely to be cooler."

Imagine American Football was as popular in the rest of the world as it is here, with many other countries having domestic leagues as popular as the NFL and with schedules running at the same time of year as the NFL.

Then imagine someone says - let's have a world championship American Football tournament and play it in November and December....

[Vigilanteman]

There is also January, February and March.

Plus the example of the recent Winter Olympics where the NHL was without their star players for three weeks.

If they want to be PC and give a Muslim desert country their turn to host, then they ought to pay the price right during their season, not on the backs of some unfortunate third world construction workers.