The topic has been debated for more than a week, which seems like enough time, but no one will really know the effects of the NFL's idea of putting a Super Bowl in a cold-weather city.

And, of all places, the State of New Jersey (no matter how much New York wants to take credit for it).

Knowing that the Super Bowl locale is chosen almost four years ahead of time, the league decided to award the most cherished of all championship games to the Northeast.

I'm sure the NY/NJ area is ecstatic since they have a new facility to share the New York Jets and New York Giants. A $1.6 billion stadium will do that, but do they need this type of windfall over other teams?

Dallas built a new stadium and is preparing for a Super Bowl in two years. So, if you build a new stadium, does that mean you should be seriously considered as a host site? Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have moved into new stadiums, but no thought was ever expressed on them hosting a game.

Why? No, not because they didn't make an attempt, but they had the good sense to realize — it's way too cold!

Aside from the fact the NFL offices are in NYC, cold should never be a factor in the championship game.

Backers of the cold Super Bowl idea point to the classic cold weather playoff games of the past — Ice Bowl, the Tuck Rule Game, etc. — but the right to home-field advantage is perfect for that.

You earn the right during the regular season to position yourself for home games, where the weather can be most advantageous.

Come championship time, it should go to a neutral site — unless one of the teams happens to be the host city.

The Super Bowl is the one championship game that's just one game — the NHL, NBA and MLB have series — and it's a happening. Thousands of people flock to the championship site, ticket or not, to be a part of it.

Many who get tickets turn it into a vacation, a nice warm-climate vacation.

Detroit has hosted the game before and the risk of bad weather is there, but at least the game is inside. I'm not crazy about that idea, that a snowstorm or worse yet, a blizzard, could shut a city down.

Keep the games in warmer climates. Less suitcases, lighter travel and a break for all those who actually live in the cold-weather areas.

I don't think I want to to walk the streets of New York and New Jersey in bitter cold.

Should you land a ticket or a nice travel deal or use your vacation, you want to relax and enjoy yourself, not huddle inside FAO Schwartz or the Empire State Building to keep warm leading up to the game.

Sometimes the NFL tries to overthink. The league has evolved over the years. Those cold weather title games came before the explosion of television and the electronic media, back when the NFL wasn't a big deal.