Wetzel: Don't take the weather out of football. Let it snow.

"Please, no. Please, can we have football still be football and not tinkered with until it is some algorithm-based product designed to maximize flashiness for the attention-deficit crowd? Can football, for all its brute violence, remain a thinking person's game, where strategy and decisions and variables and a million little things still matter, including snow or wind or rain or sunshine or calm or, who really cares?"

"All weather is football weather. The elements, or lack thereof, always impact the game. That's one of the beauties of the sport. Barring life-threatening conditions -- lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc. -- the game gets played. The participants deal with it. The game is meant for whatever conditions are present, not what might be conceptualized as perfect conditions. A clear sky and absence of wind might favor the offense, but that, in turn, disadvantages the defense."

Snowy weather materially affected the AFC Championship Game, grinding both offenses to a halt and producing only 48 fourth-quarter yards and zero points. Many fans suggested moving championship games to neutral, domed sites to avoid weather. The argument against that change emphasizes preserving football as a contest of strategy and variables, where elements like snow, wind, and rain are legitimate factors. Except for life-threatening conditions, games should be played as conditions exist. Weather influences balance between offense and defense and contributes to the sport's competitive complexity and unpredictability.

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