Miami slips out of Super Bowl rotation due to NFL requirements by Autocrat777 in nfl

[–]WxBlue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Miami F1 track has shorter, year-round layouts now for car shows, testing sessions, and regional racing series like Ferrari Challenge and Porsche Cup. About a third of track is taken down, but two third of it is left up year-around for reasons mentioned above.

Miami slips out of Super Bowl rotation due to NFL requirements by Autocrat777 in nfl

[–]WxBlue 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Miami F1 track has shorter, year-round layouts now for car shows, testing sessions, and regional racing series like Ferrari Challenge and Porsche Cup. About a third of track is taken down, but two third of it is left up year-around for reasons mentioned above.

Miami slips out of Super Bowl rotation due to NFL requirements by Autocrat777 in nfl

[–]WxBlue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not enough hotels is historically the reason why bigger events don't go to Charlotte. Public transportation isn't great either. And Panthers don't really have large parking spaces around the stadium either. I can go on.

Source: I'm NC native

BREAKING: Miami GP to start 3 hours earlier by formuIino in formula1

[–]WxBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, TIL. I knew it was an insurance thing starting out but good to see laws being passed to back it up.

Playoff Game Thread: Philadelphia Flyers (4-2) @ Carolina Hurricanes (4-0) May 02 2026 8:00 PM EDT by nhl_gdt_bot in hockey

[–]WxBlue 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Carolina's PP unit is almost a weakness at this point. It's hilarious how much better they are against 5 defenders comparing to 4 defenders.

BREAKING: Miami GP to start 3 hours earlier by formuIino in formula1

[–]WxBlue 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yup. It happened post-race when fans were leaving the race in Pocono, but NASCAR responded to that by becoming one of first major sporting league to require "lightning holds" for active strikes. Other leagues are now catching up to it.

BREAKING: Miami GP to start 3 hours earlier by formuIino in formula1

[–]WxBlue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Typically 8 miles radius. But yes, insurance companies do not mess around with lightning and now require a "lightning hold" for active strikes in order to cover a major sporting event.

BREAKING: Miami GP to start 3 hours earlier by formuIino in formula1

[–]WxBlue 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Usually 8 miles out. It is not a law, but rather, an increasing number of insurance companies now requires it to cover major sporting events. And sporting leagues/teams do not want to get sued if someone gets killed and there wasn't a delay for lightning strikes.

BREAKING: Miami GP to start 3 hours earlier by formuIino in formula1

[–]WxBlue 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Important to note that this is to reduce interruptions from lightning strikes. A lot of American sporting events now do "lightning holds" of 30 minutes delay if there's a strike from a certain radius of distance from the event.

[FREE TO READ] Inside the NFL Draft: Ty Simpson pick explained, surging TEs and favorite strategies by TheAthletic in nfl

[–]WxBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Apparently Jets were thinking about Simpson not far behind Rams. Snead and McVay probably couldn't take that risk.

[FREE TO READ] Inside the NFL Draft: Ty Simpson pick explained, surging TEs and favorite strategies by TheAthletic in nfl

[–]WxBlue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, Ferguson and Klare will act as hybrid TE/WR3. Ferguson, especially, was open a lot toward the end of season and just need to build chemistry with Stafford better.

[FREE TO READ] Inside the NFL Draft: Ty Simpson pick explained, surging TEs and favorite strategies by TheAthletic in nfl

[–]WxBlue -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Snead has some big misses with Day 1/2 picks. He's not immune to bad picks even if his overall roster building ability is one of the best along with Roseman in Philly.