It's the Super Bowl, at long last! Enough with Ray Lewis and Harbowl and deer antlers and possible teammates in the closet and N'Awlins and everything else. It's almost time for kickoff, but before that, we've thrown open the doors to your questions on anything and everything. Today's topics include home team advantage, Ray's tears, Colin Kaepernick's ascendance, Baltimore's secret weapon, and of course, Star Wars. Let's begin: Why the Super Bowl can't be moved to a Saturday? It would make so much more sense then having soooooooo many people call in "sick" on that Monday. — Kathy Campbell There are a few reasons why the Super Bowl will stay on a Sunday, forever and ever, amen: tradition, parties and ratings. First off, the Super Bowl's on a Sunday because it's always been on a Sunday. What, that's not a good enough reason for you? "We hear this each year," league spokesman Brian McCarthy told Sports Illustrated back in 2011 . "The concept of playing the Super Bowl on a Sunday has worked well for 44 years and we don't anticipate moving away from this tradition. Fans expect to see the Super Bowl on a Sunday, the day on which 89.2 percent of NFL games are played." Yes...the fans. However, putting a game on Saturday would lop a day off of the hotel stays in the host city, which would cut severely into the city's revenue. And while the Super Bowl on Sunday draws millions of casual viewers, a Super Bowl on Saturday night likely wouldn't pull in nearly as many. So the Super Bowl is here to stay on a Sunday. But then, there's another option ... ____________________ Will the petition to make the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday gain enough signatures by kickoff? — @ALDLANDia There's a White House petition already out there to make Super Bowl Monday a national holiday, which would be just delightful ... if a bit of a mixed message about what to honor in American culture. The petition needs to get to 100,000 signatures to be considered, and it's at about 13,000 right now. Time to start a two-minute drill, Monday supporters! But would it be a good idea? No. Think about what this would tell your boss: I can't control myself when watching a football game. I've got to drink and eat myself into a stupor. And you know there'd be some sanctimonious twit who comes in and works on the "off" day just to kiss up to the boss. Every office has one. Better to continue in the fine American tradition of sickening yourself out of work.
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