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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. _ The NFL has made the National Auto Dealers Association a deal they don't expect them to refuse. They will switch dates and move the Super Bowl back a week to Feb. 3 in New Orleans.
New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial announced Monday it is "99 percent sure" the auto dealers will approve the move of their convention from Feb. 2-5 to the previous week when the Super Bowl was originally scheduled for Jan. 27.
The change would assure the NFL can proceed with a full slate of playoff games after Week Two of the regular season was postponed following the Sept. 11 attack on America.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said before Monday night's New York Jets-San Francisco 49ers game that he gave NADA President Phil Brady a proposal they will consider on Tuesday.
"Until he gets back to us, I don't know," Tagliabue said.
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