I think if Jon really wanted to play the half time show, he could've done it, but decided against it without Sambora. I'm saying Jon, despite all the tension with Sambora, maybe made a level headed decision no matter what his personal feelings of Sambora are. In a way, I take it as positive in the right direction that Jon realizes Richie is an important figure of the band.......Hopefully Sambora will realize one day the synergy between him and Jon is greater than the sum of their two individual careers.

As for the NFL saying no to the new guitar player, you could be right. Maybe they did give Jon a timeline to sort out his organization before guaranteeing Jon the slot.......but my gut feeling tells me that maybe it was more Jon's decision to not perform.