In recent off-seasons, the NFL has awarded future Super Bowls during their league meetings in May.
Dallas was awarded the Super Bowl XLV on May 22, 2007, the city of Indianapolis was awarded the 2012 Super Bowl on May 20, 2008, and New Orleans was awarded the 2013 Super Bowl on May 19, 2009. New York/New Jersey was awarded the 2014 Super Bowl on May 26, 2010.
ESPN's Pat Yasinskas reports that the NFL's "current plan" is to hold off awarding the 2015 Super Bowl until the league meetings in October.
Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com suggests the delay hints at a possible loss of the 2012 game, as Indianapolis, which is scheduled to host the 2012 game, will be awarded the 2015 Super Bowl if that game is not played.
Initially, I suspected that perhaps the NFL was using the awarding of the 2015 Super Bowl as a pawn in the labor chess match. After some Internet sleuthing, it appears as though awarding Super Bowl 2015 in October was the plan even before the NFL locked the players out on March 12.
"We're hopeful that if the National Football League's collective bargaining agreement is resolved we would be invited to New York to make a presentation to the National Football League in October," Paul Catoe, president and CEO of Tampa Bay & Company, said to the The Tampa Tribune on January 27 regarding Tampa's plan to bid on the 2015 Super Bowl.
Tampa Bay finished second to the New York/New Jersey bid in 2010, and are expected to be favorites to land the 2015 game.
source: Mac's Football Blog
Posted by Brian McIntyre
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