This Kid’s Petition to Move Super Bowl to a Saturday Is Gaining Some Traction

As you are well aware, football largely takes place on Sunday afternoons, but there are Monday night games, Thursday night games, and the playoffs already utilize Saturdays in order to get games done in single weekends.

One fan has had enough, and he’s not letting the fact that he’s just a kid stop him from trying to change the status quo.

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New York teen Frank Ruggeri started a petition on Change.org asking that we make Super Bowl Saturday a thing, and he’s already amassed 33,000 signatures with his practical argument – who wants to have their enjoyment of the day hampered by worries of having to get up early the next day?

He also argues that revenue, ticket prices, visitors, and TV ratings would increase if people didn’t have to go to sleep early.

Though CNN points out that the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 prohibits the NFL from holding games on Fridays and Saturdays so that high school and college footballs can have their time on the air, the fact that those seasons are over by February means the NFL could move the game if they wanted to.

Despite the fact that a 2019 survey revealed that 17.2 million workers said they might call in sick the Monday after, don’t look for the NFL to give in anytime soon. They’ve had plenty of time to run the numbers themselves, after all, and if they figured there was money to be made in moving to Saturdays, they already would have done it.

One institution that’s probably glad is the Church, since a Saturday night Super Bowl would probably kill that Sunday’s attendance.

The way it is, everyone shows up to church on Super Bowl Sunday – it’s one last chance to ask for a little help for your team.

It never hurts to ask, after all.

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A Kansas City Chiefs Player Celebrates Super Bowl Victory by Paying the Adoption Fees for 100+ Shelter Dogs

The Kansas City Chiefs are champions for the first time in 50 years, and one player celebrated by doing something great for his community…and for a whole lot of animals.

Chiefs defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi paid the adoption fees for every dog that was available at the KC Pet Project shelter. The total was more than 100 pooches looking for a forever home.

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Tori Fugate of the KC Pet Project said, “KC Pet Project cares for over 10,000 pets a year, so partnerships like this are so wonderful to help our pets find loving, forever homes. We’re thrilled and honored that Derrick Nnadi chose to do this to help us save lives in Kansas City. Our community is on cloud nine following last night’s win and this is such a heartwarming story to go along with this huge victory.”

When Nnadi played college football at Florida State, he adopted a shelter dog named Rocky. He said, “All my life, I always wanted a dog. When I first got him, he was very timid. It made me think of how other animals, whether they’re owned or in a shelter, are feeling scared and alone.”

Nnadi has been active in charity work in both Kansas City and his hometown of Virginia Beach, Virginia, since he joined the NFL in 2018.

And here’s a bonus: the story about Nnadi’s generosity became so popular that TV host Rachael Ray decided to pay for dog food for all the 109 pooches once they get adopted from the KC Pet Project.

Great work to everyone involved! And go Chiefs!

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The first ever Super Bowl halftime….

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The first ever Super Bowl halftime….

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The NFL tried to sue rapper…

The NFL tried to sue rapper M.I.A. for 100% of her earnings for life (if she ever earned over U.S. $2million) because she flipped a middle finger at the 2012 super bowl halftime show.