New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed

lee909 · 03-08-2020, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

The extra team in will most likely have a better record than one of the divisional winners. It will actually make the playoff field better in most years.

That's not my point.
The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it

AsylumGuido · 03-08-2020, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by lee909

That's not my point.
The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it

Who cares? It means more football. It's entertainment. It makes more regular season games important at the end of the season. It strengthens the playoff field, making it LESS mediocre in most seasons. It makes getting the #1 seed that much more important. I don't see anything negative by adding another team into the mix.

The Dude · 03-08-2020, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Who cares? It means more football. It's entertainment. It makes more regular season games important at the end of the season. It strengthens the playoff field, making it LESS mediocre in most seasons. It makes getting the #1 seed that much more important. I don't see anything negative by adding another team into the mix.

With you on this one. What the players make/want really doesn’t matter to me. They will still make millions and WE the fans (who actually pay the bills) get more football.
I would have rather seen full time refs and officiating reform but that will never happen.

I do not like all the out of market games they are proposing. Especially 8 games a year. That hurts the fans.

AsylumGuido · 03-09-2020, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by The Dude

With you on this one. What the players make/want really doesn’t matter to me. They will still make millions and WE the fans (who actually pay the bills) get more football.
I would have rather seen full time refs and officiating reform but that will never happen.

I do not like all the out of market games they are proposing. Especially 8 games a year. That hurts the fans.

What eight out of market games? If you are referring to the 17th game being added to the schedule it is actually going to HELP the fans. As it stands today, the are at least four games that are being played internationally. That's at least four "home" games being played away. Under the proposed 17 game schedule, every team while have EIGHT home games, EIGHT away games and ONE game at a neutral site. That one game may or may not be out of the country.

SaintFanInATLHELL · 03-08-2020, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by lee909

That's not my point.
The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it

Actually it's the division system that has promoted mediocrity. Playoff teams with the worst records have all been division winners (See Panthers, Seahawks, Cowgirls, Steelers, Texans, and Eagles as recent examples). While wild cards didn't win their division, often they have better records simply because they are playing in a better division. You could see this if this system were implemented last year. The Rams, who would have been the 7th seed ended up with the same record as the Eagles, a 4th seed and division winner. But the Rams were the #3 team in their division while the Eagles won theirs.

If you really wanted the best teams, then rank by conference and only take the top 7 conference teams. But as long as the division system exists, then adding wildcards gives the opportunity for teams who would wipe the floor with the NFC Least a chance to get in and demonstrate it.

SFIAH

03-08-2020, 10:35 AM	#2
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed Originally Posted by lee909 That's not my point. The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it Who cares? It means more football. It's entertainment. It makes more regular season games important at the end of the season. It strengthens the playoff field, making it LESS mediocre in most seasons. It makes getting the #1 seed that much more important. I don't see anything negative by adding another team into the mix.

03-08-2020, 07:11 PM	#3
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,060	Re: New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed Originally Posted by AsylumGuido Who cares? It means more football. It's entertainment. It makes more regular season games important at the end of the season. It strengthens the playoff field, making it LESS mediocre in most seasons. It makes getting the #1 seed that much more important. I don't see anything negative by adding another team into the mix. With you on this one. What the players make/want really doesn’t matter to me. They will still make millions and WE the fans (who actually pay the bills) get more football. I would have rather seen full time refs and officiating reform but that will never happen. I do not like all the out of market games they are proposing. Especially 8 games a year. That hurts the fans.
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,060

03-09-2020, 07:17 AM	#4
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,622	Re: New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed Originally Posted by The Dude With you on this one. What the players make/want really doesn’t matter to me. They will still make millions and WE the fans (who actually pay the bills) get more football. I would have rather seen full time refs and officiating reform but that will never happen. I do not like all the out of market games they are proposing. Especially 8 games a year. That hurts the fans. What eight out of market games? If you are referring to the 17th game being added to the schedule it is actually going to HELP the fans. As it stands today, the are at least four games that are being played internationally. That's at least four "home" games being played away. Under the proposed 17 game schedule, every team while have EIGHT home games, EIGHT away games and ONE game at a neutral site. That one game may or may not be out of the country.

03-08-2020, 10:46 AM	#5
SaintFanInATLHELL The Professor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Lithonia, GA Posts: 2,783	Re: New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed Originally Posted by lee909 That's not my point. The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it Actually it's the division system that has promoted mediocrity. Playoff teams with the worst records have all been division winners (See Panthers, Seahawks, Cowgirls, Steelers, Texans, and Eagles as recent examples). While wild cards didn't win their division, often they have better records simply because they are playing in a better division. You could see this if this system were implemented last year. The Rams, who would have been the 7th seed ended up with the same record as the Eagles, a 4th seed and division winner. But the Rams were the #3 team in their division while the Eagles won theirs. If you really wanted the best teams, then rank by conference and only take the top 7 conference teams. But as long as the division system exists, then adding wildcards gives the opportunity for teams who would wipe the floor with the NFC Least a chance to get in and demonstrate it. SFIAH jnormand and AsylumGuido like this.
	Super Bowl Championships: New Orleans Saints:1, Carolina:0, Atlanta Chokers: STILL ZERO Only Atlanta choked in an unchokable situation... Life is definitely good.

LinkBacks (?) LinkBack to this Thread: https://blackandgold.com/saints/97211-new-playoff-structure-cba-passed.html
Posted By	For	Type	Date	Hits
New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed	This thread	Refback	03-07-2020 09:33 PM	3

03-08-2020, 10:07 AM	#1
lee909 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Watford England Posts: 8,875 Blog Entries: 1	Re: New Playoff Structure of CBA is passed Originally Posted by AsylumGuido The extra team in will most likely have a better record than one of the divisional winners. It will actually make the playoff field better in most years. That's not my point. The point is in a 16 team conference nearly half a conference should not be making the playoffs. You are promoting mediocrity. Give it a few more years and it will be first and second in each division make it