The NFL Has Another Headache
The Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, and Carolina Panthers all have a chance to make the playoffs with a losing record by winning the NFC South.even though their records are 4-7
There are other teams with even worse records. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1-10 and until last week the Oakland Raiders were on a roll to be perfectly futile with a good chance to go win less for the entire season.
The last Bears Packer game was beyond ugly. Competitive teams and games are needed or the league will just be the delivery system for fantasy football leagues which is the coming method for gambling on the sport. I remember the APBA baseball board game and remember betting 25 cents on the games which were based on previous season statistics and the roll of the dice.
Attendance at live games isn't what it used to be. The price of tickets, parking, food and time are conspiring to keep people at home where the price of everything is more manageable and if one game sucks you can always change the channel.
The business model doesn't seem to require the threat of a TV blackout anymore to threaten folks into buying tickets. Just build me a state of the art every twenty years or so seems to be the only requirement for a major league franchise.
Maybe there should just be two divisions: The Best and The Rest. Which division you play in depends on your record and maybe the bottom of the Best Division can be swapped with the top of the other division.
This post isn't a metaphor for anything that happened last night. I don't bet on football.
There are other teams with even worse records. Jacksonville Jaguars, 1-10 and until last week the Oakland Raiders were on a roll to be perfectly futile with a good chance to go win less for the entire season.
The last Bears Packer game was beyond ugly. Competitive teams and games are needed or the league will just be the delivery system for fantasy football leagues which is the coming method for gambling on the sport. I remember the APBA baseball board game and remember betting 25 cents on the games which were based on previous season statistics and the roll of the dice.
Attendance at live games isn't what it used to be. The price of tickets, parking, food and time are conspiring to keep people at home where the price of everything is more manageable and if one game sucks you can always change the channel.
The business model doesn't seem to require the threat of a TV blackout anymore to threaten folks into buying tickets. Just build me a state of the art every twenty years or so seems to be the only requirement for a major league franchise.
Maybe there should just be two divisions: The Best and The Rest. Which division you play in depends on your record and maybe the bottom of the Best Division can be swapped with the top of the other division.
This post isn't a metaphor for anything that happened last night. I don't bet on football.
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