Parity versus Being Plain Bad

JKool · 01-04-2005, 02:17 PM

It has been said a lot that the NFC isn't an example of league wide parity, rather the conference is just plain bad.

Two questions:

(1) A possible result of parity is that all the teams are not only roughly equally good but they are also equally bad - just ask the NHL about this. Thus, I argue that one possible result of pairity is that teams will suck equally.

(2) If the NFC is actually worse than the AFC, is it because the AFC has somehow managed to get the better players, better coaches, or better something else? I'm just wondering how it can be that one conference is so much better than the other when all teams draft together, enter the same free agency, and have the same salary cap?

01-04-2005, 02:17 PM	#1
JKool 1000 Posts + Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 2,423	Parity versus Being Plain Bad It has been said a lot that the NFC isn't an example of league wide parity, rather the conference is just plain bad. Two questions: (1) A possible result of parity is that all the teams are not only roughly equally good but they are also equally bad - just ask the NHL about this. Thus, I argue that one possible result of pairity is that teams will suck equally. (2) If the NFC is actually worse than the AFC, is it because the AFC has somehow managed to get the better players, better coaches, or better something else? I'm just wondering how it can be that one conference is so much better than the other when all teams draft together, enter the same free agency, and have the same salary cap?