who's super bowl is it?

where is this super bowl being held? if you look at a map and follow some basic rules of geography, it's not hard to determine that the actual game, the super bowl itself, will be in east rutherford, new jersey. and that sorta pisses some new yorkers off... cuz let's face it, if it wasn't for new york city, there'd be no super bowl in this area. nfl does their best to placate both sides by calling it the ny/nj super bowl but that never seems to satisfy anyone, because sharing is stupid.

i think the tribes should unite on this one. i don't think one gets the super bowl without the other and both sides own claim to it. even though it's not in new york city or state, the game will be played in the shadow of the towering skyline of manhattan. it can't be ignored. this is jersey's turf, but new york city hovers over it like a high roller at a craps table. that craps table belongs to the casino, but the current game, that belongs to the high roller. it don't happen without his money.

new york city is the money, the juice, the influence, the muscle. new york city made this happen. new york city just doesn't have a stadium of its own to have a game of this magnitude in. for years the state of new jersey has allowed two professional nfl teams to play here and refer to themselves as 'new york' teams. sure, that sucks... but we kinda let that standard become cemented over time. if you ever wanted to hoot, holler, or get your pitchforks and torches out, you should've done it some time ago. and even if you did, much like the super bowl, if new york city doesn't loom so near, is new jersey able to pull off the only stadium that hosts two nfl teams? 

and new york city, you need to get over yourself. new jersey's here. we're your neighbor. you play your football games on our dirt. show a little respect. you can't hog all the glory. that's just fucking rude. why can't you move over and share just a little bit of that spotlight with your ol' good neighbor, new jersey? if you're the best city in the world, prove it and be better than that. don't lay all the claim to a game that doesn't even take place within your state lines. new jersey knows without you, this isn't possible, but we still open our doors and deliver the hospitality. new york city, don't be a dick about this.

it's time to stop bickering and arguing over who owns this super bowl. it's time to share. new york city and new jersey need each other on this one. this isn't a competition. it's an event... one of the biggest shared experiences in this country. no one owns the super bowl. it's become so big, it's turned into an idea or a thing beyond words. it's not just a game or a day or even a weekend. and while new york city and new jersey belly ache over who gets to say it's "their game," millions will tune in from around the world. and the game's not possible without that. this game is as much theirs as it is yours and mine and peyton manning's. stop watering down the experience. hug it out and enjoy the show.