NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see

07-15-2019, 10:05 PM

Likely a joke. No way this would ever happen. The whole point of sports is to put the best players on the field at all times unless there is truly nothing to play for then the subs enter.

It would be the only sport where they intentionally weaken the product the entire season.

vpheughan · 07-16-2019, 07:35 AM

NFL: Take away two preseason games and add two regular season. Here's the BIG BUT. Players can only appear in 16 of the 18 games. Aren't they just inserting "TWO PRESEASON" games into the "REGULAR SEASON"?

"You'll notice at no time during this trick do my fingers leave my hand"
MISDIRECTION!!
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jeanpierre · 07-18-2019, 06:34 PM

False Initial Offering by Goodell...

Goodell: We could have players restricted to sixteen (16) games in a eighteen (18) game regular season...

NFLPA: That wouldn't work, fans don't want to be deprived of watching their stars and players won't want to sit if game is competitive...

Goodell: Okay, we'll compromise and let players just play eighteen (18) games then...

saintfan · 07-18-2019, 07:11 PM

It's all about the Benjamins...

Wait...

Wrong forum...

Rugby Saint II · 07-21-2019, 04:11 PM

This is a worse idea than Thursday night football.

hitta · 07-21-2019, 06:34 PM

This would ruin the league.

For a while in MLB, I've wanted the league to reduce the number of game and increase the time between games. I've always believed that the regular season and the post season should be fairly similar. In MLB, doing this wold reduce the number of pitchers in each team's rotation so that the best pitchers for each team are throwing on a nightly basis. This way each game is always one team's best against the other team's best.

Why the hell would the NFL strive to do the exact opposite of this? They are basically saying that they are ok with their best product not being on the field.

07-15-2019, 10:05 PM	#11
Threaded by Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126 Rating: (0 votes - average) Likely a joke. No way this would ever happen. The whole point of sports is to put the best players on the field at all times unless there is truly nothing to play for then the subs enter. It would be the only sport where they intentionally weaken the product the entire season.
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07-16-2019, 07:35 AM	#12
vpheughan 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,525	Re: NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see NFL: Take away two preseason games and add two regular season. Here's the BIG BUT. Players can only appear in 16 of the 18 games. Aren't they just inserting "TWO PRESEASON" games into the "REGULAR SEASON"? "You'll notice at no time during this trick do my fingers leave my hand" MISDIRECTION!! HEY ROCKY!! WATCH ME PULL A RABBIT OUT OF MY HAT!!!"
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07-18-2019, 06:34 PM	#13
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see False Initial Offering by Goodell... Goodell: We could have players restricted to sixteen (16) games in a eighteen (18) game regular season... NFLPA: That wouldn't work, fans don't want to be deprived of watching their stars and players won't want to sit if game is competitive... Goodell: Okay, we'll compromise and let players just play eighteen (18) games then...

07-18-2019, 07:11 PM	#14
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see It's all about the Benjamins... Wait... Wrong forum...

07-21-2019, 04:11 PM	#15
Rugby Saint II Bounty Money $$$ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 5800 Airline Dr. Metairie, LA. Posts: 24,073	Re: NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see This is a worse idea than Thursday night football.

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07-21-2019, 06:34 PM	#16
hitta 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,324	Re: NFL's possible 18-game expansion would cheat fans of seeing stars they want to see This would ruin the league. For a while in MLB, I've wanted the league to reduce the number of game and increase the time between games. I've always believed that the regular season and the post season should be fairly similar. In MLB, doing this wold reduce the number of pitchers in each team's rotation so that the best pitchers for each team are throwing on a nightly basis. This way each game is always one team's best against the other team's best. Why the hell would the NFL strive to do the exact opposite of this? They are basically saying that they are ok with their best product not being on the field.
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