Potential 18 game season & the 2015 Season

Galeb said:

My sarcasm meter is a little off today, but you're being sarcastic, right?

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I remember getting impaled by a piece of rebar once and I used this trick to patch it up. I only punched out for 15 minutes.
(Yes, it's on 10 today )

KontradictioN said:

Is this you, by any chance?

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More like this guy....

New England Pride said:

Have you ever played football before? The generation of "tough guys" you speak of are suffering from Cte, there families are suffering and they are committing suicide. They live in wheel chairs and they can no longer function. Your a solid poster and this isn't a personal attack, but this post is extremely incentive and not accurate in my opinion. What we know about brain trauma has changed in the past 15-20 years.

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Yeeeeaaahhhh........

If you replaced the words "football player" with "military veteran" then I'd certainly be genuinely sympathetic.

We're talking about millionaire football players, so I could really give a f@Hk less. There entertaining me on a TV screen not defending my countries freedom.

Sometimes I think I've developed CTE from reading this board for 15 years and banging my head off the keyboard at some of the posts. I'm sure no one here feels sorry for me.

Sure, I don't think injuries have determined the outcome of this season enough already. We clearly need two more games for everyone's best players to get hurt before the playoffs. Watching half the playoff teams limp in with their best players hurt is the best.

It's already the case that injury luck has as much to do with winning it all as talent and effort. I'd be really amped to see that become even more the case.

Look at the crap we have starting at QB throughout the league.
Look at the # of entertaining skilled players now too injured to play.
So, NO.

PatsWickedPissah said:

Look at the crap we have starting at QB throughout the league.
Look at the # of entertaining skilled players now too injured to play.
So, NO.

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But with these @ssholes running the league and the unmitigated greed of the owners they will expand the playoffs, season, and league tip include international teams, and they will claim it's what the fans really want.

I used to be a big baseball fan but the money got putt of control and the game lost my interest, now I barely watch it even though my team (SF) had been outstanding over the past 8 years. Much as I love football I can see the same thing happening and the day coming where I lose interest, and I never dreamed that could happen.

Ivan said:

But with these @ssholes running the league and the unmitigated greed of the owners they will expand the playoffs, season, and league tip include international teams, and they will claim it's what the fans really want.

I used to be a big baseball fan but the money got putt of control and the game lost my interest, now I barely watch it even though my team (SF) had been outstanding over the past 8 years. Much as I love football I can see the same thing happening and the day coming where I lose interest, and I never dreamed that could happen.

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That's kinda the thing. If they ever go to 18 games (I think this talk has been shelved for a couple years now), the effect won't be felt for years, as people's interest in replacement players decreases and their interest in the game overall decreases. The thing is there will be people who call out the problems, but most people won't even realize why they're walking away until it's too late.

The thing is there is a vacuum. When baseball went into decline, football was there to pick up the mantle of "America's sport". What would replace football? Certainly not baseball.

I don't support additional games. Some say it may only be swapping 2 preseason for regular season games. Well, the top 22 don't play that much in the preseason so it would be significantly harder for them. I actually like watching the new players during preseason and evaluating their potential.

Owners will resist expanding rosters and any thing else that will reduce their pay out. They might alter the IR rules some but I don't see much additional improvements for the players.

I agree with Ivan, overexposure in sport is a problem. Remember when bowl games used to be played on New Year's, it was a big deal. Watch the Cotton, Orange, Sugar and Rose bowls for a great day. Now they have more bowl games than you can keep track off and I have not watched them. Even last nights college playoffs did not hold my attention for the whole game. Same with Sunday NFL games, the Sunday doubleheader used to be must see football. Now its Patriots and Red Zone.

Chevy said:

-Leave it at 16 games
-Get rid of all overseas games
-Get rid of 1 Wild Card in each conference - make the Bye a unique prize for the best record
-NO FOOTBALL TEAM IN L.A.!

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Agreed. The NFL needs to enter a period of retrenchment and refinement, because the product is not up to par.

Fix the officiating. Its putrid

Galeb said:

My sarcasm meter is a little off today, but you're being sarcastic, right?

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I hope you're right...and kind of assume it...but if you're not, the poster should be tied in a chair and forced to watch "Concussion" two or three times.

Like other posters, I think the NFL has plenty of things to fix before it adds more games.

I'd start with hiring and paying professional officials for whom it's a full time, year round job, including a training academy and off season film work and strict conditioning and speed requirements. The technology is already here to allow for a Virtual Reality training and refreshing program. I'd like to see a lot more women officials because they're just as quick, smart and knowledgeable as most men and tend to have more stamina over a three hour period (I might add a height requirement that applied to both men and women to be sure that they can see the action over the behemoths on the line). I'm not naive: I know this would take a while to implement and phase in. But, what are they waiting for?

I'd also like to see the League address the IR rules, as others have observed, and be sure that the Concussion protocols are (a) adequate and (b) properly enforced.

Then, four or five years from now, they can take up the idea of an 18 game season with organized scrimmages in lieu of pre-season games and an extra bye week. Of course, since going to an 18 game season would represent a 12.5% increase in the number of competitive games played, I assume that the NFLPA would demand that the Cap be immediately bumped by the same amount and that the permitted Roster size be increased, with another bump in the Cap to accommodate the extra players.

PS: a new Commissioner would be nice too.

Nikolai said:

That's kinda the thing. If they ever go to 18 games (I think this talk has been shelved for a couple years now), the effect won't be felt for years, as people's interest in replacement players decreases and their interest in the game overall decreases. The thing is there will be people who call out the problems, but most people won't even realize why they're walking away until it's too late.

The thing is there is a vacuum. When baseball went into decline, football was there to pick up the mantle of "America's sport". What would replace football? Certainly not baseball.

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Actually, we ARE kind of seeing the effect of an 18 game season with our injuries this year. The Pats are playing 2-3 extra games every season with their consistent playoffs presence, but I'm sure that has nothing to do with our injury-riddled season.

Bruins29 said:

Fix the NFL* front office. Its putrid

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Fixed your post.

I think 16 games is about all the human body can endure. If they did go to an 18 game season I would drop 2 preseason games , expand the roster, only allow a player to dress for 16 games, and better IR rules. 2 byes and maybe then no one retires at 35 half dead.

Never happen however.

Games will become less meaningful. There game losing streak? Not a big deal. Start 0-2? So what. The NFL is heading down a path like the NBA and MLB, where fans are not very interested and no longer see each game as "must see tv."

brdmaverick said:

Do you think this season offers a good reason why an 18 game season would be a bad idea? As we can see, plenty of injuries happen during a 16 game season, but even more are bound to happen during an 18 game season.

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40 game schedule, 8 bye weeks and August off. Or just maim and cripple all the players.

Not more games, better games. I like Deters suggestion above. 16 games, liberalized IR rules, 2 byes. Plus eliminate the TNF farce b/c the games suck and it abuses the players.

I heard or read somewhere that they are now thinking of a 17 game season and they believe they can get the NFLPA to agree to it.

Reduction to 2 preseason games.
17 game regular season
A 2nd bye week added per team.
8 home games & 8 away games & 1 game at a neutral site... London, Mexico, Canada, for example.
With the extra regular season game & the 2nd bye week, the regular season goes from 17 weeks to 19.

The Super Bowl will then be played the Sunday before the Presidents' Day holiday, so most people will not have to work the next day.

I think this is an excellent idea.

I found it.......

NFLPA president on 17-game season: “I never say never”

I think they should have a second NFL league and call it the UFL (Ultimate). It would play on a parallel schedule. Saturdays, Tuesdays, wednesdays vs Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays.

Once a month have an interleague game played on Friday in a Foreign country which should be chosen Alphabetically.

At the end of the year the two Super Bowl winners play each other for the Ultimate Super Bowl Championship Showdown. Make it a cage match. Let them hit each other with aluminum folding chairs. Maybe give a star player from each team a mic and allow them to talk trash to each other during the coin flip.

That'll do it.

sweet 16 is enough, don't forget about the playoff games for a lot of teams...