The only Big Ben I want associated with the Super Bowl is Ben Roethlisberger.

Do you hear that, Roger Goodell?

Probably not.

Like all professional sports leagues that enjoy years of prosperity and tranquility, something has to come along to muck it up.

In the case of the National Football League, it is the commissioner heading the charge to throw a monkey wrench into the works.

Just call him Roger Gremlin.

Goodell wants to play a Super Bowl in London.

What part of that sentence makes one bit of sense?

None of it.

Pro football's biggest game — what amounts to a national holiday in the United States — played in another country.

Yikes.

Do you see other nations sending the biggest games of their sports to the United States?

(Note: Canada is exempt. We swiped hockey from them as if we were Somalian pirates years ago).Does the Indian Premiere League play its cricket championship match in Hoboken, N.J.?Does the Premiere League hold its soccer, er, fotbol title tilt in Walla Walla, Wash.?Do the Aussies ship their top rugby scrum to Los Angeles?No, no and no. There would be a revolution if that happened.Yet, here in the good old U.S. of A, we are planning to ship our most prized sporting event overseas.There's been enough outsourcing in this country.That's not the only problem facing the NFL:n The collective bargaining agreement expires after next season, which will lead to a season with no salary cap in 2010 (somewhere, Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder are cackling) and a possible lockout in 2011.It could get messy. These negotiations could be as contentious as the Brad Pitt-Jennifer Aniston divorce.n Goodell also wants to add two games to the regular season schedule.Sixteen games is plenty. Eighteen is just plain crazy.Quarterbacks go down on a weekly basis like Kimbo Slice in the octagon.Toss two more games of helmet-to-helmet and helmet-to-every-other-body-part hits, and teams will need to collect QBs like Jon Gruden just to get through a season.Good news, though. Rex Grossman will find work again.n And the worst travesty of all: teams changing logos just for the sake of change.The Detroit Lions made their lion "meaner" by giving it teeth.A few years ago, Arizona made its cardinal logo look more fierce.A lion is scary enough on its own. Trying to make a cardinal look angry is just plain stupid.Hey, Goodell, if you want to really make the league better, don't let Miami make their Dolphin look malevolent.No one likes a spiteful dolphin. Trust me.Mike Kilroy is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.