Changes coming to NFL Offseason (Possibly) (1 Viewer)

[LSSpam]

can you blame them?? As much as we hate Roger the NFL is more popular now than it has ever been. Hes trying to expand the product as well and make it year round. Even our Saints are popular in Europe (notice the location on some of the posters here.)

If he would not have been such a tool we as fans of football would love him.​

Is it more popular then ever? The Super Bowl ratings were down this year. So were, as noted, NFL draft ratings, so were ratings for the conference games and pretty much all other TV properties.

Has the NFL Sprung a Leak? - WSJ.com

Lts be clear, the NFL is enormously popular still. But there is strong evidence to suggest the NFL has reached a saturation point. That's what this last labor fight was about. The last labor deal was based on an ever expanding market share, and that was starting to fizzle. That's why the cap isn't going up like it has in the past.

That's also why Goodell is pulling out all the stops. It's not because he's just expanding football by leaps an bounds. He isn't. He's trying to hold onto a market share that is showing real signs of slippage.

I'm arguing that he's going the wrong way about it, that by diminishing scarcity he's only over saturating the market and devaluing the product.

The answer isn't "more", the answer is "we're at the limit where it's becoming 'too much'".

 

[scott88]

Two people "familiar with the union’s thinking" tell the Washington Post the NFLPA is unlikely to approve a later start to free agency in future seasons.



The NFL reportedly wants to move the Combine to March, free agency to April and the draft to May, but the NFLPA is understandably reluctant to let its players wallow without contracts for any longer than is necessary. According to a source, moving back free agency is "the part that strikes me as (having) no chance." Any alterations to the league calendar would require the NFLPA's approval

NFL players

 

[RaginCajun83]

Let's give these clowns that screw up and break the law even more time off, bravo Roger bravo

 

[Stealth Matrix]

Axe 2+ preseason games, add 2+ contact scrimmages (spring games) in april/may between teams and hold them in the high school stadiums in New Orleans and/or other moderate temp cities/regions.

 

[MrEMann83]

Saturation is the real key here, as LSSpam has eluded to.

I am in favor of a playoff system in college football, however I completely understand the way of thinking that the NCAA possesses. At this point, the regular season IS a playoff. Every single game is an event. Every game is important. Typically if you lose a game, the chances of you making the NC game are slim to none. Most especially if you don't play in one of the major conferences.

So the NCAA knows that every single game is an event. Every game is important enough to keep u on the edge of your seat and emotionally invested. Every second of every minute of every quarter of every half of every game keeps you on your seat because you know that if your team loses, they're going to need help from another team to make it to the NC.

 

[amused]

AC & OJ eluded . Alluded is the word you're looking for ...