While Uber is busy fighting municipalities to discourage additional ride-share regulation, a new storm is brewing that Uber will have to address. This time it may impact logistics around America’s most beloved sporting event: The Super Bowl.

To start the new year, Uber implemented a price reduction for fares in many major cities. The cuts were celebrated by riders using the Uber application. However, drivers were upset with how the new changes affect their take-home pay. Rather than trim the mandatory Uber service fees, Uber trimmed the per mile rate that was fare that went mostly to the drivers.

In Baton Rouge, Louisiana for example, the rate of $1.35 per mile was trimmed 33% to 90 cents per mile, https://blog.gasbuddy.com/posts/Uber-Not-Feeling-the-Love-as-Drivers-the-Latest-to-Turn-Against-App/1715-637041-3546.aspx?m=2wP4G%2bLoHSs%3d