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It's all adding up: Roger Stuffed Shirt wants to turn the NFL into the NBA with pads. His "bright ideas" include:

* An 18-game regular season that would ensure even greater injury-driven roster turnover.

* Progressively rendering defensive play obsolete.

* Teams in Europe, of all frucking places.

* Getting rid of kickoffs.

* And now, ensuring that undeserving teams make the playoffs.

Someone, please, remove this man. His predecessor just made him the laughingstock we know he's been all along.

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RelocatedPatFan

The only thing I could possibly add to this would be the following: Fire the man and give him season tickets to he raiders. I'm mostly thinking they are a fairly unsuccessful franchise and that the fans will give him his due .

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Reckedtrek

The man (Goodell) is an idiot. That's all I have to say about him now, and likely in the future.

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pdangle

Mmm when he says "14 or 16", he really means 16 or 16, but by throwing a 14 in there he keeps it closer to the current 12 and a less radical idea.

See, it will only expand 2 teams, let's get discussion going, then =wham= the ole bait and switch.

MoLewisrocks

Goodell isn't a lawyer. And the ideas aren't his, they are owners. Bob Kraft was a strong proponent for the 18 game season. And back in 2003 he was THE prime proponent of playoff expansion to 14 teams.

Joker

uh...that's a tad bit disingenuous....

The NFL has actually entertained a 14-team playoff. Patriots owner Robert Kraft co-sponsored a rules proposal with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2003 that would have expanded the playoffs to 14 teams. But the proposal was never voted on by the teams and was withdrawn due to lack of support.

A modest proposal for the NFL playoffs - Christopher Gasper's Blog - Boston sports news - Boston.com

Gasper elucidates the whys and wherefores of a 14 team playoff format pretty well...and while certain owners have been broaching the expansion subject the past decade it most certainly is Goodell's ideas on the hows and whys that are being brought to the owners table.

edit: BTW, I respect your viewpoint vis a vis Goodell...we are on opposite sides of the fence concerning this person and I'm willing to leave it at that. We are never going to change each other's minds. The real story will only come out when we're both sitting in rocker chairs, sipping sherry and watching the sun set as Tom Brady's son leads the Pats to their 10th Super Bowl.

Ivan

Greed sucks.

It's really telling that people who love football and cannot get enough of it don't want 18 game season's and expanded play-offs.

supafly

I wish this guy would quit trying to mess with everything that is already fine with the game.

I haven't looked at the 14 team playoff format, but the idea of making 50% of the teams eligible for the playoffs with 16 teams is stupid..not to mention the idea of taking away the bye week and most of the incentive for doing well in the regular season.

I don't remember hearing too much about Rozelle and Tagliabue when they were commissioners, and I certainly can't say the same about Roger Goodell.

You shouldn't mess with things when they are working just fine in my opinion.

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reflexblue

The players, the fans, but especially the Game need protection from goodell.

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