Beverly Walker, a handicapped “”sports fan,”” threw a yellow flag, but Super Bowl XXXVII is still on its way to Qualcomm Stadium.

Earlier this month, Walker attempted to delay the grand finale of the NFL season by saying that Qualcomm Stadium, which will host this season’s Super Bowl on Jan. 26, failed to fully meet the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Walker, along with three other disabled people, brought a lawsuit to the city of San Diego, the Chargers and the Padres in 1997, and said that the venue is not completely accessible to handicapped people. Walker does not believe that changes have been made to the stadium, nor have the conditions of the settlement been met.

Although it may not be enough, over 100 handicapped parking spaces have been added to Qualcomm Stadium, bathrooms now conform with the Disabilities Act, and ramps, railings and elevators have been installed at this year’s Super Bowl venue as well.

On Jan. 9, magistrate judge Leo Papas said that the city has tried to comply with the Disabilities Act, and that the game is on as was originally planned.

(Papas’ call to stick to the game plan has been just one of a few good rulings that have come so far during the 2003 NFL playoff season. Enough people without a helmet and pads have shaken up the outcomes of close playoff games.)

However, Papas did issue a warning to the city, saying that it must keep working toward meeting the promises that it made earlier, and Walker did not completely miss with the hit that she was trying to make against the Super Bowl. The city will pay her attorney fees for failing to completely meet the promises of the settlement.

Anyone who tries to stop the big game from being traditionally played on the final Sunday of January will eventually end up dealing with the wrath of a large group of people (by the way, Osama is the reason why Super Bowl XXXVI was played in February last year). One is only left to guess about Walker, who regards herself as a sports fan, and what she would have had to deal with if a good call was not made on her intentions of trying to postpone or move the Super Bowl out of the Q.

So upon further review of the play, there was no penalty, and real football fans and Super Bowl XXXVII will not be penalized for Walker’s cruel intentions.