Goodell: 34-team league likely if LA added

[Herm]

32 is perfect for divisions, conferences and the like


if they expand id rather see 36 to keep it even but expansion isnt necessary.

 

[Derrville]

Have to go to a 18 game schedule if this happens, correct?

 

[ram29jackson]

you already have many

yes,but this gives the opportunity to actually see live pro games.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Roger Goodell...slowly and surely destroying the NFL.

 

[MmmmBeeeeer]

I for one look forward to Jeff George starting.

He said on the radio this week that he still feels he can play as a starter lol

 

[BigBucs]

How would they break down the divisions?

 

[killgod]

32 is perfect for divisions, conferences and the like


if they expand id rather see 36 to keep it even but expansion isnt necessary.

Two divisions of nine? Can't split 18 into 4.

 

[Villain]

2 new teams in LA would be awesome.

 

[MrBill]

I'm against expansion unless San Antonio gets one of the teams. Here and LA are the only 2 cities in the top 10 largest markets without one....

 

[dave]

I'm against expansion unless San Antonio gets one of the teams. Here and LA are the only 2 cities in the top 10 largest markets without one....

If I had to pick two new teams, it'd be Los Angeles and Toronto ... but I'm biased.

 

[s@ppisgod]

34?? There's not even 32 starter-level QBs in the league now, how will adding teams make the games any better?

Bad idea...

The QBs aren't the problem. The talent level there is going up and the league is bending over backwards to make it an easier position to be successful at. Hell, you could argue Cam is doing better in the NFL than he was in college. Ugh. Now the safeties, there would be your problem. I don't even like the caliber of safety that I see Gronkowski plodding by for another TD now.....

2 more teams is a ridiculously stupid idea. And yes, it is a money-grab Nahste. Everything Goodell has done has been a money-grab, and it's bullshit. This guy is making the product SOOO bad, and that's the one thing that has gotten everybody all this damn money in the first place! It's not the business decisions, model, branding, or any of that other business bullshit. It's the product, plain and simple. That's responsible for 99.99% of your consumers. Americans want to see the highest level of football, period. Markets like St. Louis and Jacksonville don't give two shits about their team. And the product on the field has been garbage lately. So logically, you'd take those two and move them instead of trying to squeeze every penny you can out of them. It's better to have an actual roster and coaches and FO anyway than to have another 2 expansion drafts, further watering down of the coaching pool when guys like Brian Schottenheimer are still getting jobs, etc.

At least come out and say that, Roger you gutless little puke. Hey, we're adding two more teams because we want that market's money without giving up our completely unsteady hold on Jacksonville and St. Louis. No, he'll never say that. He'll come out and talk about how expansion is the only way, and why it's a smart move with that shit-eating grin, and I'll inch closer to only caring about football on Saturdays....

 

[Hasselbeck]

Terrible idea.. 32 is fine. And as said previously the talent is already spread very thin. Adding 2 teams waters it down that much more.

Los Angeles had 2 teams - it's not the NFL's fault they couldn't support them.

 

[ram29jackson]

talent being spread to thin is a bullpucky argument.

you think only 20 or less guys can play professional QB in America? Thats just dumb. theres a ton of factors why a player may or may not do well. And theres a reason or reasons certain guys made the cut and others didnt.Most of you are just fans, you have no clue what qualities they look for or how they really evaluate the players and wouldnt be qualified to make the decisions.

 

[Houston]

Better solution. Get rid of the Buccaneers and the Browns, then give L.A. plus another city an expansion team.

 

[ram29jackson]

Better solution. Get rid of the Buccaneers and the Browns, then give L.A. plus another city an expansion team.

? why. you have a problem with the color orange? (Bucs old color too) LOL


never ever ever get rid of the Browns.....never

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

I must be the only person who has always been for contraction in sports. Thought 154 and eliminating 2-4 teams in baseball , and reducing by two teams in the NFL was a good idea.

 

[Goober]

I must be the only person who has always been for contraction in sports. Thought 154 and eliminating 2-4 teams in baseball , and reducing by two teams in the NFL was a good idea.

I'm all for contracting the Rays and Athletics.

The NFL's setup as is works pretty good.

 

[GoChargers]

talent being spread to thin is a bullpucky argument.

you think only 20 or less guys can play professional QB in America? Thats just dumb. theres a ton of factors why a player may or may not do well. And theres a reason or reasons certain guys made the cut and others didnt.Most of you are just fans, you have no clue what qualities they look for or how they really evaluate the players and wouldnt be qualified to make the decisions.

Correct. In a country of 300+ million people i'm sure 34 teams is a plausible idea.

 

[Aso]

Correct. In a country of 300+ million people i'm sure 34 teams is a plausible idea.

You could probably make an argument for 48 teams being plausible, doesn't make it a good idea.