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Injury concerns make 18 game NFL regular season the wrong move

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Like it or not the 18 game season is going to happen. For me, I think the 16 game season with the 8 divisions and rotating scheduling format are about as close as it gets to having a perfect league. ...

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Old 09-14-2010, 06:14 PM   #1
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Like it or not the 18 game season is going to happen. For me, I think the 16 game season with the 8 divisions and rotating scheduling format are about as close as it gets to having a perfect league. What I would like to see as a compromise is to eliminate all European/overseas games. Having a teams play outside the country is a real joke. (Sorry to all the great European fans, I know there are many of you).

How in the world do you even schedule this? OK, the NFL starts after Labor Day because Labor Day weekend turned out to be a dud on the ratings. Reducing the preseason is probably a given, but what do you do from there? Eliminate the bye week that most teams desperately need? Eliminate the bye week leading from the championship games to the Superbowl? (OK, the eliminating the gap between championship and Superbowl not really a bad idea). Geezzzzzz Already bad enough weather wise to extend the season into January...
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Old 10-15-2010, 01:34 PM   #2
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Like it or not the 18 game season is going to happen. For me, I think the 16 game season with the 8 divisions and rotating scheduling format are about as close as it gets to having a perfect league. What I would like to see as a compromise is to eliminate all European/overseas games. Having a teams play outside the country is a real joke. (Sorry to all the great European fans, I know there are many of you).
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I would have agreed with this before I came here... I have had the veins stick out in my neck on the subject - but NOW I see the value in it...
big HOWEVER.... it either has to be zero games OR lots of games - so that everyone gives up a home game and that is WAY too many games...
so I say put several preseaon games here.

or something like ALL of the wildcard playoffs (perhaps add some wild cards to facilitate) but as it stands right now

I WAS PI$$ED!!! WHEN the poorest city in the NFL (NOLA) had to give up a home game to the richest city in the NFL (San Diego)

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