Teenager's petition to move Super Bowl to Saturday has over 30K signatures

[CGI_Ram]

Teenager's petition to move Super Bowl to Saturday has over 30K signatures

The 16-year-old thinks more fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl on a Saturday

www.cbssports.com

Teenager's petition to move Super Bowl to Saturday has over 30K signatures

The Super Bowl has always taken place on a Sunday, but a New York teen is attempting to change that. Frankie Ruggeri, 16, has started a petition on Change.org to get the Super Bowl moved to Saturday going forward.

People are certainly getting behind the idea, as the petition has more than 30,000 signatures.

Ruggeri believes that more fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl if it is moved to Saturday. The teen also brings up the point on that petition page that people have to go to work and school on Monday, which means some younger children can't watch the game in its entirety.

A 2019 survey from the Workforce Institute predicted that a record 17.2 million people will call out of work following Super Bowl LIV, so he might be on to something.

The 16-year old got the wheels turning on his big idea when he was speaking about the NFL playoffs with his family recently.

"He has a lot of passion in his heart," Frank Ruggeri told CNN about his son. "When he gets on one thing, he really sticks with it."

The petition isn't stopping Ruggeri from staying up to watch the big game. Ruggeri, who is a fan of the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams, will be watching and rooting for the San Francisco 49ers when they take on the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Super Bowl has been historically linked to being on Sunday, so it would certainly be interesting to see if more people continue to get on board with Ruggeri's idea.

 

[CGI_Ram]

I signed it. Would make for a HELL of a party night.

But, this kid has me really conflicted. A Bills and Rams fan is awesome... but rooting for the 49’ers in the Superbowl?

View: https://media.giphy.com/media/ycpX7aTJVH9zkU4PWO/giphy.gif


He’s still young, so hopefully his parents work on that.

 

[OldSchool]

This makes too much sense for the NFL to actually do it

 

[Billy Baroo]

The kid’s obviously a little off. Says he’s a Rams fan and rooting for the Niners in the SB. WTF?

 

[CGI_Ram]

A Case for Holding the Super Bowl Earlier in the Day

A compromise that could make both fans and networks happy.

www.thebiglead.com

A Case for Holding the Super Bowl Earlier in the Day

New York teenager Frankie Ruggieri made headlines when he wrote a petition to the NFL to move the Super Bowl to Saturday. According to Ruggieri, moving the Super Bowl one day ahead would be more practical for football fans. As he found while looking for statistics to back up his case, 17 million adults actively planned on skipping work the day after last year's Super Bowl.

While the petition has already gotten over 20,000 signatures, don't expect change to happen quickly. For reasons both traditional and practical, the idea of holding a Super Bowl on a day other than Sunday would be viewed by die-hards as abhorrent. Shifting it to a Saturday would potentially throw off coaches' pre-game preparation and planning and leave players raw with one less day of rest - as critics of Thursday Night Football know all too well. Granted, the players do have the extra week off, but they also have to account for the travel to the Super Bowl site as well as the constant media spotlight of appearing in the biggest game of the year. They need all the rest they can get.

But let's be honest. The kid has a point. We're all pretty much wrecked the Monday after a Super Bowl. For most people, all anyone talks or thinks about at school or work that day is either, "Hey, did you see that touchdown?" or, "Did you see that commercial with that guy doing that thing?" Assuming you don't call in sick. And it's even more apparent when that year's Super Bowl involves a local team or a team that you personally have a rooting interest in.

Of course, the Super Bowl is much more than a game - it's America's biggest commercial break. A 30-second ad spot for this year's event on FOX cost $5.6 million, and the network also hopes to use the big game as a springboard for the rest of their schedule, with the unexpected hit The Masked Singer airing a new episode after the game.

On top of that, the Super Bowl is virtually guaranteed to run longer than your typical NFL game due to the halftime show and extended theatrics. So if moving the game from Sunday is out of the question, why not move the game to earlier in the day?

This year's game is scheduled for a 6:30 PM EST kickoff, but let's say we move it back to 4:00 PM, when the NFL's late-afternoon Sunday games typically start. Taking into account the typical three-hour length of a football game, the halftime show will kick in around 5:30 - just in time for dinner - and the game should end around 7:30. This should leave just enough time for a quick post-game wrap-up before a regularly scheduled program at 8:00.

It will also put the network broadcasting the game in a much better position, as they won't face the possibility of an overrun and will be able to show the lead-out program at a reasonable hour.

It may sound like a radical idea at first, since we're all used to championship events generally taking place at night. But if millions of American fans can gather to watch the Women's World Cup games live from France in the morning hours, they can surely watch the Super Bowl in an earlier afternoon hour.

 

[Kevin]

The date and time must be dictated by the networks. Higher ratings for a Sunday evening broadcast because more people are at home.

 

[Merlin]

The kid’s obviously a little off. Says he’s a Rams fan and rooting for the Niners in the SB. WTF?

Beat me to it Billy.

Fully agree. Kids these days what are you gonna do eh?

 

[Merlin]

Oh and I'm all for a Saturday Night Super Bowl. It makes a ton of sense given how many people party and watch it, I mean it's made the Monday after Super Bowls a non-official holiday just about.

 

[Angry Ram]

I'd like to know where those millions of people work. I could never call in the day after the Super Bowl.

Unless you're a fan of the team that wins, why on earth would you get that wasted for this game?!

 

[Karate61]

Nooooooooo!

I luv calling in sick for work Monday.

Don't Change Anything!!!

 

[RamsOfCastamere]

The date and time must be dictated by the networks. Higher ratings for a Sunday evening broadcast because more people are at home.

This. A lot of ppl who tune in aren't football fans or just watch it casually. If it was a Saturday, they'd go do something else.

 

[Mackeyser]

yeah, I signed a few change.org petitions a few years back and my inbox will never recover.

 

[Mojo Ram]

The kid’s obviously a little off. Says he’s a Rams fan and rooting for the Niners in the SB. WTF?

Yeah.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Great idea though. Long overdue.

 

[Corbin]

This is fake news! No Rams fan would ever go for the Whiners in a SB! Bullshit!!

 

[Pape]

won't happen --- Because --- The owners already have a plan in mind. They will increase the number of games in the schedule so the Super Bowl will take place the third Sunday of February -- the day after is Washington's Birthday (aka Presidents Day) and that is a Federal Holiday -- Which is way way better than having the game on a Saturday

 

[coconut]

Teenager's petition to move Super Bowl to Saturday has over 30K signatures

The 16-year-old thinks more fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl on a Saturday

www.cbssports.com

Teenager's petition to move Super Bowl to Saturday has over 30K signatures

The Super Bowl has always taken place on a Sunday, but a New York teen is attempting to change that. Frankie Ruggeri, 16, has started a petition on Change.org to get the Super Bowl moved to Saturday going forward.

People are certainly getting behind the idea, as the petition has more than 30,000 signatures.

Ruggeri believes that more fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl if it is moved to Saturday. The teen also brings up the point on that petition page that people have to go to work and school on Monday, which means some younger children can't watch the game in its entirety.

A 2019 survey from the Workforce Institute predicted that a record 17.2 million people will call out of work following Super Bowl LIV, so he might be on to something.

The 16-year old got the wheels turning on his big idea when he was speaking about the NFL playoffs with his family recently.

"He has a lot of passion in his heart," Frank Ruggeri told CNN about his son. "When he gets on one thing, he really sticks with it."

The petition isn't stopping Ruggeri from staying up to watch the big game. Ruggeri, who is a fan of the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams, will be watching and rooting for the San Francisco 49ers when they take on the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Super Bowl has been historically linked to being on Sunday, so it would certainly be interesting to see if more people continue to get on board with Ruggeri's idea.

See all captions
By uareSQuare