Posted on 02/20/2020 5:35:40 PM PST by EdnaMode
Ugh. Either fire Goodell, or just put the NFL out of it’s misery.
Oh goody. I can’t wait for the next Superbowl halftime show where I and America can be insulted again.
The Owners let the players be anti-American, cop-killing thugs because it keeps them from having to treat them like decent human beings.
They also talking about going to 17 games.
Pretty soon the Superbowl will be on the same day as the March Madness Final. The XFL season will overlap the NFL.
Before adding a 17th game to the reg season, what are the stats on players injured in the sixteenth game now? Shortening the season seems more appropriate, plus adding teams to the divisions.
The NFL should adopt a 162 game schedule like MLB.
That would increase the size of the players union.
LOL ... watwer boys could finish the season in key player positions. Walk-ons would be welcomed.
So gross
Waiting for the addition of another bye week with 17 regular season games, stretching the season an additional week.
Why dont they just have Oprah hand out participation trophies to every team at the end of the season.
“no Sunday-Thursday games (Thursday game only after an off-week), and guaranteed contracts”
I think the should only play two preseason games, have two byes weeks, only play a Thursday night game after a bye, and stretch the regular season to 18 games. Also, increase the roster to about 60 active players per game, and do away with byes in the playoffs by advancing 8 teams per conference.
That would also allow them to setup the regular season so each team played it’s division members home and home, played everyone in two other divisions in the same conference and played one division from the other conference.
They already have enough trouble doing basic things like tackling the first couple weeks of the season. They need more preseason, not less.
I don’t know if theyre starting the season earlier. I believe the plan is to have it run LATER ... because the NFLs ultimate goal is to have the Super Bowl played on the Sunday of Presidents Day weekend.
See Post #16.
Dont care for just one team getting a bye. It really should be 3. win the division get a bye except there always seems to be one division without a good team. The NFC east this year for example. They get to play. Saints got screwed with 14 wins and playing on wildcard weekend.
At first I thought this was unworkable because half the teams would have 8 home games and the other half nine which would lead to endless complaining but I think I've figured out how to have a "fair" 17 game season:
Every team has a mandatory international game on their schedule which is neither home nor road. Schedule, say, eight games in London, two in Mexico City, one in Berlin, one in Madrid, one in Japan, one in Australia, one in Toronto (not for the Bills) and one in Vancouver (not for the Seahawks) but these can vary season by season.
This extra game would be an interconference matchup so each team has five opponents on the schedule from the other conference instead of the current four. You'd have the 1s face the 1s, the 2s face the 2s, the 3s face the 3s and the 4s face the 4s so there is a revolving schedule system that is as fair and predictable as possible to everyone.
They need a longer training camp but fewer preseason games. Preseason games have become nothing more than an opportunity to lose players to season-ending injuries.
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