NFL 2013

[ghost]

 

[WayAbvPar]

Irvin gets 4 games for banned substances

What?? A high school dropout with a lengthy arrest record (who also happens to be grossly undersized for his playing position) decided to do something stupid? Stop, the room is spinning 

This is all on Pete "The Retard Whisperer" Carroll.

[K9]

So, Dee Milliner and Geno Smith have both fired their agents after being drafted by the Jets, just saying 

[HaemishM]

Wouldn't you?

[K9]

Probably

[Paelos]

I tried to craft a joke, but the Jets already did that last season for me.

[HaemishM]

In the airless void of Jets's space, there is no humor. Only the sound of $20 million of guaranteed money being drained into Mark Sanchez's wallet.

[Paelos]

He's making over $1M per touchdown, or $20M per butt fumble.

So far.

[WayAbvPar]

Crabtree out for the year with a torn Achilles. Gee, that is really too bad. I really like him and his coach.

[Paelos]

Single tear from the Seattle fans I see. 

Maybe Dez will get away from his handlers this year so I won't have to watch him.

[Ingmar]

Jenkins better be able to step up this year.

[ghost]

Not a big fan of Crabtree.  Torn Achilles is nothing to sneeze at.  

Why am I thinking hGH or steroids here..... 

[Paelos]

He did gain 24 pounds from the beginning of college to the NFL, but I'm not sure you can count that as anything but training.

[ghost]

I'm sure he did none of that in college.   

[ghost]

NFL still considering expanding the playoffs and moving to 18 games. 

Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea?  The injury rate will undoubtedly go up as will the resultant use of PEDs. 

[Ingmar]

No, it is an awful idea.

[Azuredream]

Agreed. It's really annoying how they always bring up 'fans want this because they want to cut the preseason games in favor of games that matter' ..which I'm pretty sure is bullshit. Does anybody really want a longer regular season?

[Paelos]

They've been pushing this for years, and they still don't seem to understand that this will make their product less popular. The NBA regular season is ignored because it's too long and the regular season doesn't matter. The NHL is ignored because the regular season is too long and doesn't matter.

Yet in a time when you are competing for dollars inside stadiums v. free TV, you want to add more meaningless games to the schedule AND water down the regular season importance? Why would I bother picking up season tickets to something that doesn't matter and I can watch for free? Why would I pay a PSL? Why would anybody show up to games or watch games when your team has clinched a playoff spot in Week 12 of 18?

The NFL is like WoW. The only thing that can take it down is it's own stupid decisions and possible lawsuits. Oh, and don't think that them pushing for 2 more games in light of the concussions thing isn't a potential disaster for their case. The obvious solution is to just drop the 2 stupid preseason games and keep everything the same, but nooooooooooooo. There's profit to be had in those bullshit games.

[Chimpy]

Agreed. It's really annoying how they always bring up 'fans want this because they want to cut the preseason games in favor of games that matter' ..which I'm pretty sure is bullshit. Does anybody really want a longer regular season?

The owners, FOX, CBS, and NBC.

Aka the only people that matter.

[ghost]

They've been pushing this for years, and they still don't seem to understand that this will make their product less popular. The NBA regular season is ignored because it's too long and the regular season doesn't matter. The NHL is ignored because the regular season is too long and doesn't matter.

Yet in a time when you are competing for dollars inside stadiums v. free TV, you want to add more meaningless games to the schedule AND water down the regular season importance? Why would I bother picking up season tickets to something that doesn't matter and I can watch for free? Why would I pay a PSL? Why would anybody show up to games or watch games when your team has clinched a playoff spot in Week 12 of 18?

The NFL is like WoW. The only thing that can take it down is it's own stupid decisions and possible lawsuits. Oh, and don't think that them pushing for 2 more games in light of the concussions thing isn't a potential disaster for their case. The obvious solution is to just drop the 2 stupid preseason games and keep everything the same, but nooooooooooooo. There's profit to be had in those bullshit games.

I'm still shocked that people pay much attention to the regular MLB season.  I'm convinced it's mostly type A stat crunchers, like yourself.

[Ingmar]

You'd be wrong. There are way too many people going to/watching these games for that to be what's in play.

[ghost]

You'd be wrong. There are way too many people going to/watching these games for that to be what's in play.

Relax Francis....I was just poking him the ribs.    

Still, MLB stadiums are rarely full in the regular season though, hovering somewhere between 50 and 80%, depending on the team.  Cut the season by 25% and they would probably be almost full all the time.

[Ingmar]

The empty seats tend to be cheaper ones, though. Filling up the stadium at the cost of fewer games sold to more expensive seats is a losing proposition.

[Tannhauser]

NFL still considering expanding the playoffs and moving to 18 games. 

Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea?  The injury rate will undoubtedly go up as will the resultant use of PEDs. 

Awful idea.  Keep it like it is right now, I think it's really balanced with play week and amount of teams.  Two more games mean I ignore two more early season weeks.

[Paelos]

Baseball runs mostly unopposed. That's why it does well, because it doesn't need one fan there every night. It needs 1,000,000 people to show up 2-3 times a season, and then watch the product on TV when they are at home at night. Also, summer TV for the most part blows, which makes watching baseball that much easier.

The NFL dominates the Fall unless it hamstrings itself, but there are competitors for your time during that period. You have college, you have NBA, you have NHL, you have vacations and holidays, and you have Fall TV programming.

[Tannhauser]

Baseball, to me, is much more fun to see in person than on TV.  Football is the reverse.  I like to see instant replays and take a nap at halftime.  Plus listen to Shannon Sharpe stumble over words.  "JB..."

[Ingmar]

Dodgers and Giants are each already over a million home fans for the season (I think today's game takes the Giants over.) For the Giants that's sellouts, for the Dodgers that's 75% of capacity. Good luck talking the Giants into a plan that loses them home games. Same thing with football teams.

[ghost]

Oh, it will never happen.  It's an academic point, but it's likely that the quality of play would improve with fewer games as players would be less likely to get hurt and be more likely to give a shit. 

[HaemishM]

NFL still considering expanding the playoffs and moving to 18 games. 

Am I the only one that thinks this is a bad idea?  The injury rate will undoubtedly go up as will the resultant use of PEDs. 

No, you are not alone. It's a terrible terrible fucking idea, especially in light of the all the bullshit Goddell has been burdening the game with in the name of player safety the last few years. I'm all for shitcanning 2-3 of the preseason games since they are dreadful to watch. But adding 2 more games and more playoff teams? Fuck that. We had a 7-9 team get to the playoffs a few years ago. That is not to be encouraged. At least they won their game (BEAST MODE!!!) but still. You ought to at least be at .500 to make the playoffs.

[Paelos]

And you would get some 8-8 teams in the playoffs if they expanded. You don't want it to turn into bowl games.

[sickrubik]

Draft moves to May in 2014

The press release reflects a "scheduling conflict at Radio City", but the chatter seems to indicate that it's a "test". Besides, it's the NFL, who the fuck is conflicting with them, the President?

[01101010]

Draft moves to May in 2014

The press release reflects a "scheduling conflict at Radio City", but the chatter seems to indicate that it's a "test". Besides, it's the NFL, who the fuck is conflicting with them, the President?

They must have some sorta contract with Radio City Music Hall. NYC has a ton of venues this can be carried out at. Hell, rotate it every year like the Super Bowl. Meh... now we'll be in the draft season even fucking longer.

[Paelos]

It's the NFL trying to bridge the lull between draft and training camp.

[Sir T]

Its probably partially a result of the Rush Limbaugh school of conservative talk radio driving off advertisers and listeners, so radio stations, who are losing money carrying them, are moving increasingly towards sports radio in order to make some money. Unfortunately that demands more sports to cover to meet the demand.

I'm not actually trying to drag this into politics. But its an affect thats been noted through the entire radio industry due to the structure of advertisements and whatnot. You can read more here. mediamatters.org/blog/2013/01/01/rush-limbaugh-still-toxic-for-advertisers-one/192865

Also http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2012/02/14/Research-and-Ratings/Sports-radio.aspx

[Paelos]

I've noticed a huge push in sports radio here in Atlanta.

4 years ago we had two stations, 680 the Fan, and 790 the Zone. Both of these were on AM radio, and the signals were shitty depending on the part of town.

Fast forward to 2013. We now have 4 stations, and 3 of them are simulcast on FM radio. So in that short amount of time, sports talk has gone from niche AM side to controlling 3 stations on the FM dial.