Owners could expand playoffs to 14-16 teams

[JimLeavy59]

Sweet more slapdick teams like the Jets and Titans can make the playoffs.

 

[Houston]

Fuck no. where was this expansion during all of the Texans 8-8 seasons?

 

[Bmore]

With huge injuries happening each and every week that changes the looks of teams drastically, who in there right mind would want to add anymore games to a long enough season as it is. Each game is like a ticking time bomb for another concussion, torn MCL, torn ACL, etc...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Where is Zoneblitz to defend this shit, and assure us that the league is not in any way diminishing its brand or diluting the product ...

Let me fill in for him...

He'd probably bring up how baseball & basketball are on every day and nobody complains, completely missing the point that part of the reason the NFL crushes these sports is because it has the advantage of less exposure.

To that point, Thursday Night Football got doubled up in the ratings by Big Bang Theory last week. No more NFL Network clearance excuses either, they are now on every major cable/sat provider.

But remember, people cant get enough and will watch any form of NFL football.

You can't see the effect of overexposure until it's already happening, and then it's too late to reverse because it's like an avalanche. Adding more playoff games would be a dangerous move. They all feel important now. You don't wan't to be the NBA, where early rounds are ignored by the casuals and nobody cares until the Conference Finals.

 

[Rudi]

Yeah, lets allow 16 teams into the playoffs, move to an 18 game schedule, and eliminate all kickoffs! WOO!

:runaway:

 

[kmanharris]

Let me fill in for him...

He'd probably bring up how baseball & basketball are on every day and nobody complains, completely missing the point that part of the reason the NFL crushes these sports is because it has the advantage of less exposure.

To that point, Thursday Night Football got doubled up in the ratings by Big Bang Theory last week. No more NFL Network clearance excuses either, they are now on every major cable/sat provider.

But remember, people cant get enough and will watch any form of NFL football.

You can't see the effect of overexposure until it's already happening, and then it's too late to reverse because it's like an avalanche. Adding more playoff games would be a dangerous move. They all feel important now. You don't wan't to be the NBA, where early rounds are ignored by the casuals and nobody cares until the Conference Finals.

That is a fantastic show. Don't you dare bad mouth it.

 

[Aso]

We don't have the money to upgrade our comcast package to get NFLN so that argument isn't completely terrible. Still don't like the idea of 18 games or this though.

 

[Maynard]

BROWNS/CHIEFS...IT'S FIRST ROUND PLAYOFF ACTION ON NFL NETWORK, TUESDAY NIGHT!

isnt your team 4-9

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Just a stupid idea. What I like most about the NFL and MLB is that you have winning teams that make it into the playoffs (rarely will a .500 team or below make it into the playoffs in NFL, but I imagine most of you get my point.) I hate having subpar teams in the NBA and NHL playoffs, as more often than not the lower seeds don't progress very far and it just stretches everything out too long for the playoffs. Lets try and avoid that, but if there is more money to be made, you bet the NFL owners will do this.

 

[SuperKevin]

Yeah, lets allow 16 teams into the playoffs, move to an 18 game schedule, and eliminate all kickoffs! WOO!

:runaway:

I can't wait for a nice brisk Super Bowl Sunday in March

 

[SuperKevin]

Question: If the schedule increases to 18 games do the players see an increase in contract worth or does their weekly check just get smaller instead?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Question: If the schedule increases to 18 games do the players see an increase in contract worth or does their weekly check just get smaller instead?

Million dollar question.

As it stands now, I believe they get 17 paychecks for each week of the season. Since they are paid based on yearly salaries, I would think they would just get 'x' amount of smaller checks.

 

[KINGOFOOTBALL]

Its the overall % of the pie that may be shifted and important. Maybe Im wrong but NFL cant simply expand to 18 games , last CBA left a loophole in which NFL would have to convert two pre season games to regular season games to get a the 18. But that would require NFLPA approval and still mean money shifting.

 

[Villain]

Million dollar question.

As it stands now, I believe they get 17 paychecks for each week of the season. Since they are paid based on yearly salaries, I would think they would just get 'x' amount of smaller checks.

I can totally see the NFLPA only agreeing to expanded schedules on the condition that there'd have to be an across-the-board 11% increase in pay for every single player contract because "oh now you're asking more of the players". Then the owners saying "fuck that."

Then nothing changes.

 

[Woy]

isnt your team 4-9

Yep, and they still wouldn't make the playoffs in this format.

 

[packersfan4eva]

Great. In 5 years, there might be no sport for me to watch except fucking soccer.

Dear God, please don't let this happen.

 

[jeffx]

Ive never wanted to do actual harm to a sports commissioner. But Goodell genuinely makes me want to bring a harpoon to the NFL draft and finish this debacle of a reign.

Sports commissioners nowadays are nothing but highly-paid errand boys for the owners.