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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu
You cant CANT CANT have a situation where only 20% of the league has a chance each year. It's boring. Then again, Im a business and marketing oriented person...To me, you cant have 32 teams in a league where only 5 or 6 have a shot at a title going into the seasn. Trim that league down to 16 and it's another story. If the NHL had 16 teams the game would be 5 times better. But the league is so watered down, the game has actually devolved. It's sad.
Same COULD be said about the NFL but it's a different game. Once a week games, different (bigger) fan base. It's a different situation. It's a business, first and foremost...and that interests me as a fan of the GAME. Look at the Bengals franchise right now. I love it...I love the fact that this team was absolute garbage 4 years ago, and without buying a new team the franchise will now be competing with the best of the best.
The on-field product...sure...it could be more entertaining. Moreso to the casual fan. I can watch a 13-7 game and appreciate good blocking or coverage or special teams. Most people cant...different strokes for different folks.
I DO agree with your 'exceptions for homebrew players' concept. Teams that draft well should benefit for a more extended period of time. My Colts have drafted about as well as any other team, right up there with the Ravens, over the past 7-8 years. The fact that some of these players will be gone soon doesnt sit well with me...but that's part of the business. With a new CBA on the horizon, we probably wont see any DRASTIC changes but I think the NFL is trying to open up the league just a little.
The NFL is right where it should be, in my mind.
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What do you mean only "20% of the teams have a chance"? MORE THAN 20% OF THE TEAMS IN BASEBALL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! Only about 20% of the teams have NO chance when the season starts and if you added revenue sharing and a salary floor pertinent to that revenue sharing you'd eliminate that group of teams that was perennially out of it.
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Originally Posted by Perfect Stu
Same COULD be said about the NFL but it's a different game. Once a week games, different (bigger) fan base. It's a different situation. It's a business, first and foremost...and that interests me as a fan of the GAME. Look at the Bengals franchise right now. I love it...I love the fact that this team was absolute garbage 4 years ago, and without buying a new team the franchise will now be competing with the best of the best.
The on-field product...sure...it could be more entertaining. Moreso to the casual fan. I can watch a 13-7 game and appreciate good blocking or coverage or special teams. Most people cant...different strokes for different folks.
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I'd be able to appreciate good coverage but unfortunately you can't SEE it 99.9% of the time (on tv at least, believe it or not I've never been to a game over the High School level.)
Aside from that, I don't have a problem with the fact that the Bengalis are 3-0, I just don't know if the Bengalis are a good team, I don't know if the Bills, at -2 are a bad team, I'm willing to bet that they're both
average teams. I think the Pats, Colts, Steelers and Eagles are slightly better than the rest of the teams in the league, and I think the Packers, Texans, Jets and Cardinals are slightly worse.
That leaves 26 teams that I think will finish anywhere from 6-10 to 10-6 but I do not believe for a second that the 10 and 6 teams would dominate the 6 and 10 teams across the board. Some teams just got a little more luck, a few more calls, a few less injuries. Granted, you could always say the same, but unlike now 10 or 15 years ago the 10 and 6 teams were markedly better than the 6 and 10 teams, and I don't believe that to be the case anymore.
Upsets aren’t special anymore. Yes, “any given Sunday” has always been true, but it’s a little too true now and I can’t see how that strengthens the game.