Super Bowls should be played at neutral sites

Alonzo Ramirez Navarro, Editorialist

The 2021 NFL playoffs have been one of the best rounds of playoff football fans have ever witnessed. These matchups have had everything: there were blowout losses, several last-minute game winners, and overtime games that seemed controversial. Two teams now remain, The Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams. Who will lift the Lombardi?

The Super Bowl will be played in SoFi Stadium, home of the L.A. Rams. This will be only the second time an NFL team will host a Super Bowl in their own home stadium. The first was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year in Raymond James Stadium against the Kansas City Chiefs. Wouldn’t it be more fair if the Super Bowl was set in a neutral site and not in a team’s home ground? It almost seems unfair because of the fans that will be in  attendance. Of course, it is the Super Bowl, so there will be a  mixture of both fan bases, but in the end, it is in L.A., so Sofi Stadium will be filled with Rams fans.

Last year in Raymond James Stadium it was filled with Buccaneer fans and was basically a home game for them. Super Bowls should not feel like a home playoff game and instead should be somewhat equally divided among fans. Noise levels will be in effect on February 13 and it will be in favor of the Rams.

Everything is pointing towards a Los Angeles victory because realistically they have an advantage against Cincinnati. No team in a playoff game especially not in the Super Bowl should have an advantage like this making it somewhat unfair but of course anything can happen in the championship game. The Bengals have all odds against them , since they are the true underdogs of this NFL season, and they will continue to be the underdogs going into Los Angeles. T NFL should consider a neutral battleground for the Super Bowl in the years to come.