It's been a tradition since 2004 for Super Bowl-winning teams to host NFL's Thursday night season opener. But unfortunately for the 2012 champs, the Baltimore Ravens, they may not get that chance...no thanks to the Baltimore Orioles.
The Orioles have a 7:05 p.m. game against the Chicago White Sox and because the two teams share a parking lot, both teams playing at the same time is impossible.
The Ravens have reached out and have tried to compromise with the Orioles and have even suggested playing a football-baseball double header.
The Ravens President Dick Cass reached out to fans on Twitter and said, "We have had discussions with representatives of the Orioles and we have offered to make them financially whole. We've left it there. Now the commissioner [Goodell] is trying to find if he can find a solution"(Twitter).
The NFL has moved games to Wednesday nights in the past with last year's Democratic National Convention, but Goodell says that moving it to a Wednesday this year is not an option with the Rosh Hashanah holiday falling on the same day. If the Orioles won't work with the Ravens, the Super Bowl-winning team will have no choice but to have a starting game on the road.
The Orioles and the Ravens have certainly found themselves in a pickle, but it's actually funny that it's gotten to this point. The MLB over the NFL? In what country does that make sense? Not this one.
The Orioles need to remember what kind of baseball team they used to be before their one successful season in 2012. Let's not forget that this is the same team that has consistently lost 93 games each season since 2006. They have one successful season last year and now they're being divas?
Listen up Orioles, you're lucky the Ravens, let alone the media, are even giving you the time of day. You can have your spotlight when you can beat the Yankees and win the division. Until then, let's give the real winners the night they deserve.
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