Editing Super Bowl VI (section)

===Host selection process===
The NFL awarded Super Bowl VI to New Orleans on March 23, 1971, at the owners meetings held in Palm Beach, Florida. Six cities submitted bids: [[Miami]], [[Dallas]], [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]], [[New Orleans]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Houston]]. It took fourteen ballots to finally select a winner. Miami and Dallas emerged as the heavy favorites. After thirteen deadlocked votes, support for both Dallas and Miami eroded after owners including [[Al Davis]] and [[Billy Sullivan (American football)|Billy Sullivan]] noted that the [[Dallas Cowboys|Cowboys]] and [[Miami Dolphins|Dolphins]] both were both favorites to reach the Super Bowl. They argued against a team having a potential competitive advantage of a home game for the Super Bowl. Owners compromised on the 14th vote and selected New Orleans.<ref name="MN03-24-71pg33">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl VI - New Orleans becomes a compromise choice (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308094/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=33|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="MN03-24-71pg37">{{cite news|title=Super Bowl VI - New Orleans becomes a compromise choice (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308165/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=37|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="MN03-24-71pg33a">{{cite news|title=Miami wants change in Super selection (Part 1)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308122/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=33|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref name="MN03-24-71pg37a">{{cite news|title=Miami wants change in Super selection (Part 2)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116308189/|first1=Al|last1=Levine|newspaper=The Miami News|page=37|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 24, 1971|accessdate=January 12, 2023}}{{Open access}}</ref> City representatives, namely those from Miami, argued that future votes involve awarding multiple Super Bowl sites at the same meeting. They also floated the idea of rotating the host city between [[American Football Conference|AFC]] and [[National Football Conference|NFC]] cities annually. This would provide the hosts with greater preparation time, and prevent them from having to prepare bids every year.<ref name="MN03-24-71pg33a"/><ref name="MN03-24-71pg37a"/> The idea to vote on multiple Super Bowls was implemented the following year, but the AFC/NFC rotation was never implemented.