Steve Mitchell – USA TODAY SPORTS
The brass of the Miami Dolphins have been fighting an uphill battle when it comes to getting renovations for the 26-year-old Sun Life Stadium. Dolphins CEO Mike Dee is in the news lately for saying that the ‘Fins outlook for keeping the club in South Florida is “bleak.” The state of Florida declined helping financially with the repairs for the stadium meaning that the club would be without a private-public partnership, making the necessary repairs nearly impossible.
NFL fans immediately want to know if this news is foreshadowing the ‘Fins to move to Los Angeles — fans across the country are fixated with this city having a football team for some odd reason.
Either way, the move lays in the hands of Dolphins’ current owner Stephen Ross who at 73-years-old has already stated he has no intentions of moving the club out of South Florida. However, the fact of the matter is that the Dolphins are one of the few teams in the league that do not have a long-term lease with the community they play in. Ross has hinted at an exit of his current position, so when the new owner comes to grips with the hand he has been dealt the outcome will very likely be the Los Angeles Dolphins.
This news crushes the Dolphins’ hopes of hosting either Super Bowl L or Super Bowl LI (2016 & 2017). Oddly enough, Dee compared the competition for the Super Bowl to two NFL teams, one without a quarterback and one with — you can guess where the ‘Fins land. Teams like the Houston Texans and the San Fransisco 49ers are the teams with the upper hand in the Super Bowl hosting race, and they both have the metaphoric quarterback and the physical one.
Oh, Dolphins.
