Goodell says playoffs could expand to 14 or 16 teams - Page 6 - New England Patriots Forums

***reflexblue*** · 12-12-2012, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

I hear ya, i made that point a few times a couple of years ago, you very rarely heard about taggs or rozell. The game ran smoothly. Since goody took over hes Always in the news meddling with the game whether its player fines, taking away draft picks, or changing the rules and structure of the game itself. He needs to go, the owners need to get rid of him.

Ivan · 12-12-2012, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

This is how I see it. Look at the teams that would be in and you see clearly how bad the idea is.

manxman2601 · 12-13-2012, 01:52 AM

If they go this route, it would make more sense to scrap the AFC/NFC playoffs and have a legitimate knockout competition involving teams from both conferences who could end up playing each other from the early rounds. Would stop the silly current system where the two best teams could both be AFC teams but only one gets to the SB.

The Championship games are meaningless anyway.

manxman2601 · 12-13-2012, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Tunescribe

* Teams in Europe, of all frucking places.

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Yeah. We just gave you the sport.

You're welcome by the way

supafly · 12-13-2012, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by manxman2601

If they go this route, it would make more sense to scrap the AFC/NFC playoffs and have a legitimate knockout competition involving teams from both conferences who could end up playing each other from the early rounds. Would stop the silly current system where the two best teams could both be AFC teams but only one gets to the SB.

The Championship games are meaningless anyway.

The problem is once you start talking about different alternatives, nothing seems to be quite as good as the system that they already have in place right now.

It's been working for years, and while not flawless--there are just too many unanswered questions in scenarios like the one that you propose.

I see the same problem happening with the KO talk. I think they should just leave that alone too, especially after moving it up to reduce player hits etc. It seems to be working just fine, yet now we've got to go and mess with it again.

Too many changes with this Goodell character. He may not realize it, but the game has been going on just fine without his interference for quite some time now.

pherein · 12-13-2012, 02:43 AM

Im surprised he does not host an "Ancient Aliens" show on the history channel at this point.

supafly · 12-13-2012, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by manxman2601

Yeah. We just gave you the sport.

You're welcome by the way

Is that why I've been having difficulty kicking my new football around the soccer field?

I thought something may have been wrong with this whole concept, but I couldn't figure out what I was doing incorrectly

italian pat patriot · 12-13-2012, 03:40 AM

i do not like at all this idea

am i probably too old to like the NFL as it is today ?

***MoLewisrocks*** · 12-13-2012, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by reflexblue

I hear ya, i made that point a few times a couple of years ago, you very rarely heard about taggs or rozell. The game ran smoothly. Since goody took over hes Always in the news meddling with the game whether its player fines, taking away draft picks, or changing the rules and structure of the game itself. He needs to go, the owners need to get rid of him.

Apparently you slept through 2006 when the league was on the verge of a lockout because owners were infighting over revenue sharing and finally signed a lousy CBA they opted out of 2 years later.

Tagliabue was the classic back room lawyer commissioner. One of the reasons he has no support for the HOF is the belief he did little (unless you count ignoring growing concern over concussions) more than babysit the game. Most of his time in office and all of Rozelle's came before the internet age of 24/7 media coverage and fan discussion of what went on behind the scenes.

Goodell was elected based on the belief that greedy and/or self absorbed owners needed both a front man to protect them from fan and media ire and from themselves as well as each other. What happened today is owners discussed what some of them want to do and Roger takes the heat for floating their trial baloon.

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Goodell said that the owners “teed up” the issue of expanding the playoffs from 12 to 14 or 16 teams, and that the discussions will continue in the coming months.

We've all heard our beloved owner wax poetic about a team in London. Somehow though when we decry the concept it's all Goodell's idea. In a way it reminds me of how our coordinators and position coaches are portrayed annually as incompetent idiots working for the greatest HC in a generation...

LiveShot · 12-13-2012, 06:21 AM

The owners want an 18 game schedule but the players union doesn't. This is his way of appeasing his bosses, all the NFL Team owners who want to generate more revenue. The poor bastards are starving and will soon be on the street, living under a bridge routine. Pure greed on the owners. Goodell can't leave well enough alone he just has to meddle like an idiot trying to figure out a Rubik's Cube.