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Super Bowl may be delayed
09/23/01
By The Associated Press
The Super Bowl probably will be delayed a week and could remain in New Orleans even under that schedule change, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue said Sunday.
Tagliabue made the statement on CBS-TV's ``The NFL Today.''
``I think it is likely we can move the Super Bowl back a week, and hopefully it will be in New Orleans,'' Tagliabue said. ``We have strong support from everyone in New Orleans, and we would then be able to play our normal playoffs.''
The NFL postponed its second week of games after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. It moved those games to the weekend of Jan. 5-7, which originally was scheduled for wild-card playoff games.
Aside from moving the Super Bowl to Feb. 3, the league has considered condensing a full playoffs, using midweek games, or canceling the wild-card weekend, with only four teams making the playoffs in each conference.
An automobile dealers convention is scheduled for New Orleans for the week following the current date of the Super Bowl, Jan. 27. The NFL has spoken with the auto dealers about switching dates.
One other option has been to move the Super Bowl to another city and play it on Feb. 3. Miami, Tampa and Pasadena, Calif., were contacted about that possibility.