"I don’t answer to the NFL” – Republican candidate Kari Lake threatens to cancel Super Bowl in Arizona

The Super Bowl is set to be played in Arizona in February next year, but a villain has emerged who could place that event in jeopardy. The Republican candidate for the Governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, stated in an interview posted on her Twitter profile (via PatriotTakes) that she was not afraid to take on the NFL.

Basically, she said she would shut down the Super Bowl if the league took steps to resist what she wants to do:

"I don't want to have to face another parent who's lost a 17-year-old son, a 19-year-old daughter and 20-year-old daughter. We're losing our future, Mike. And so the NFL has a problem with that. They're going to have to lick their wounds because we are going to secure our border in Arizona."

The candidate also stated that she fully intended on securing the state's borders in an effort to crack down on an influx of fentanyl even if it meant going through the NFL. Fentanyl, she claimed, is the number one killer of people aged 18-45.

"I don’t answer to the NFL. I answer to the people of Arizona. If the NFL wants to play chicken over the 2023 Super Bowl, I can promise you that I win that game."

Has the Super Bowl ever been postponed or canceled?

Power outage at Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers

Put simply, no, the Super Bowl has never been moved from its set date or canceled. Each championship has gone as planned, with two exceptions.

The first time the big game was adversely affected was in 1993, when Arizona refused to acknowledge the creation of Martin Luther King Day. The game was moved to Pasadena, California in protest by the NFL, according to ESPN.

The other such hiccup with the big game was during Colin Kaepernick's lone championship appearance, when the power went out during the San Francisco 49ers loss to the Baltimore Ravens. According to the BBC, the stadium lost power for 34 minutes.