NFL season in jeopardy

[FRANKRIZZO]

Some interesting facts. NfL wants to increase playoffs for 2 additional teams and increase by 1 game the regular season. Players would get 1 percent of revenues.

[blake]

no, it's not.

[ftpjesus]

Some interesting facts. NfL wants to increase playoffs for 2 additional teams and increase by 1 game the regular season. Players would get 1 percent of revenues.

Uhh if the CBA passes it’ll mean a 1.5 increase from 47 to 48.5% of gross revenues to the players which means 5BILLION dollars in cap money overall. It also would increase the rosters I believe to 55. Overall the math comes out to almost an avg iof 3M more per player over the life of the cap. Yeah there’s not gonna be a problem.

Owners have passed it. The player reps vote soon if it passes with 21 votes it goes to the whole players group and needs just a majority.

[Walter Sobchak]

I don't like an odd number of games, then you don't have equal home and away.

Solution: go to 18 games with 2 bye weeks per season. Super bowl is last weekend in February.

[Avon Barksdale]

I don't like an odd number of games, then you don't have equal home and away.

Solution: go to 18 games with 2 bye weeks per season. Super bowl is last weekend in February.

If they do the 17 game season, 1 game should be at a neutral site (London, Mexico City, etc).

[WillieMcFML]

I don't like an odd number of games, then you don't have equal home and away.

Solution: go to 18 games with 2 bye weeks per season. Super bowl is last weekend in February.

On twitter DJ MacKinnon offered what I thought was the best solution - 16 games and 2 bye weeks per team

that way the NFL gets that additional week of TV revenue, and teams don't have to play an odd number of games

and not only do the players not have to risk injury and wear and tear on their bodies, they get an additional by week to recover

it makes so much since it's stupid this hasn't already been decided

[Daly]

Make me commish a day and I’d have said 18 game regular season. Each team gets 2 bye weeks (so 20 total) Get rid of preseason and have each team do a week away at another’s facility for training like the patriots and a few other teams do. Take the current cap and gross it up by 1/9th. Now go to TV and negotiate for 3/20ths more $$. Then expand rosters by 3-4-5 players per team.

If you wanted to “get creative” and the players insisted on no more games then leave the above alone and have a rule that every player can dress for 16 of the 18 games.... but then the cap should be for incremental new players rostered.

[GambleBotsChafedPenis]

Make me commish a day and I’d have said 18 game regular season. Each team gets 2 bye weeks (so 20 total) Get rid of preseason and have each team do a week away at another’s facility for training like the patriots and a few other teams do. Take the current cap and gross it up by 1/9th. Now go to TV and negotiate for 3/20ths more $$. Then expand rosters by 3-4-5 players per team.

If you wanted to “get creative” and the players insisted on no more games then leave the above alone and have a rule that every player can dress for 16 of the 18 games.... but then the cap should be for incremental new players rostered.

yeah they definitely need to do this even with what they are doing now...17 games plus expanded post season...I mean the toll that 16 games plus playoffs takes on these guys is fucking nuts...

I get the owners are billionaires and they didn't get there by giving away shit, but I have a feeling that their product is gonna start going to shit if they don't expand rosters...I mean look what happened with the eagles at the end of last year...ward was probably their #1 WR by the last part of the season and I don't even know if he was on the team on week 1 and if he was he was like the 5th/6th WR...

[ftpjesus]

I don't like an odd number of games, then you don't have equal home and away.

Solution: go to 18 games with 2 bye weeks per season. Super bowl is last weekend in February.

On twitter DJ MacKinnon offered what I thought was the best solution - 16 games and 2 bye weeks per team

that way the NFL gets that additional week of TV revenue, and teams don't have to play an odd number of games

and not only do the players not have to risk injury and wear and tear on their bodies, they get an additional by week to recover it makes so much since it's stupid this hasn't already been decided

How quickly people forget. They did in 1993 and it was a disaster for ratings and the teams complained that they lost momentum.

[FRANKRIZZO]

Unrelated, but I remember about 15 years or so ago NBA player lamented the 17 million for a year was poverty wages and he had a family to feed. Previous till that he choked coach Calhoun . Anyone remember who this was?

[MumblesBadly]

Some interesting facts. NfL wants to increase playoffs for 2 additional teams and increase by 1 game the regular season. Players would get 1 percent of revenues.

Uhh if the CBA passes it’ll mean a 1.5 increase from 47 to 48.5% of gross revenues to the players which means 5BILLION dollars in cap money overall. It also would increase the rosters I believe to 55. Overall the math comes out to almost an avg iof 3M more per player over the life of the cap. Yeah there’s not gonna be a problem.

Owners have passed it. The player reps vote soon if it passes with 21 votes it goes to the whole players group and needs just a majority.

Average per player means shit in the NFL. The superstars will almost surely suck up the lion’s share of the increased salary cap. But the longer season will increase the risk of career damaging injuries for the non-superstar starters during each season. And with the extra season roster player and the superstars capturing most of the cap increase, this change will likely result in a wash for the non-superstars’ expected career earnings.

[mulva]

Some interesting facts. NfL wants to increase playoffs for 2 additional teams and increase by 1 game the regular season. Players would get 1 percent of revenues.

any qb predictions.....lol