The end of the three point stance?

[irish]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Yeah I mentioned overseas expansion as well, that's freaking crazy. NAC vs IC would be the stupidest freaking thing ever. You'd basically be exporting US players to these other countries, lower the level of talent needed because of diluting the league with even more teams, etc. Can you imagine the nightmare of Team England going to Team China to play.. or vice versa?

Shipping US guys over to play in an asian league would be one thing, kind of like in hockey, some guys stay in Russia, some come over, blah blah.. but they still play within a central league. If the NFL wants NFL Europe v.2 then by all means, try it somewhere else, but don't mix it in with what we already have.

I dont think the idea is stupid but I do think logistically it would be difficult. Expansion has nothing to do with the quality of the game, it has to do with making $. The only reason the NFL ever expands is to make more $. The NFL is pretty much out of ways to squeeze $ out of its American fans so by expanding overseas it can tap a whole new set of wallets. The overseas fans will never really fullembrace the game until they have a team of their own to follow. Once they have that team they will start buying the hats shirts and other junk the NFL sells. In addition to the TV contract and expansion fees. Its a lot of $ that cant be ignored.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by irish

I dont think the idea is stupid but I do think logistically it would be difficult. Expansion has nothing to do with the quality of the game, it has to do with making $. The only reason the NFL ever expands is to make more $. The NFL is pretty much out of ways to squeeze $ out of its American fans so by expanding overseas it can tap a whole new set of wallets. The overseas fans will never really fullembrace the game until they have a team of their own to follow. Once they have that team they will start buying the hats shirts and other junk the NFL sells. In addition to the TV contract and expansion fees. Its a lot of $ that cant be ignored.

this whole post is why trying to expand overseas is a bad idea, you get lost in the dollar signs and churn out a shitty product

to say expansion does nothing to the quality of the game is a bit of a reach, you make more and more teams and you let in more and more players who otherwiese would be cut from a roster which in turn brings the quality of the game down

[PHazard]

Why is the end of a three point stance post talkin about nfl's expansion n location?

[SmootSmack]

Well Goodell just signed a contract extension that keeps him commissioner into the 2016 season so he's not going anywhere any time soon

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well Goodell just signed a contract extension that keeps him commissioner into the 2016 season so he's not going anywhere any time soon

He's not the devil by any means and I can see why the owners would like that. Nice that he signed at same base pay.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Well Goodell just signed a contract extension that keeps him commissioner into the 2016 season so he's not going anywhere any time soon

Roger Godell fixing ze NFL "Oh Snap":

[GusFrerotte]

I can appreciate where Goodell is coming from in trying to expand the NFL Empire, but I think he needs to just consolidate what he has. Like with everything else, when the money becomes the sole objective, everything becomes poisoned or jaded. Expanding to 18 games is nuts in lieu of the dramatic increase in injuries sustained every year. Like I stated before, the global economy is going down the crapper, and overseas markets simply do not or will not exist in the near future because of this.

[djnemo65]

If there's one thing that's going to hurt organized football it's these head injuries, which have received a raft of publicity this past year. If parents start pushing their talented children into other sports out of a legitimate fear of debilitating injury, that will mark the slow choking death of pro football in this country. Thus it is necessary for the NFL to get in front of this issue anyway that it can.

[tryfuhl]

sometimes big dumb strong people don't fit into any other sport though, not that that's a blanket statement about football players

my 2 concussions were suffered outside of football, never had a football related injury

1 was in wrestling, the other was 2 idiots fucking around in the warmup room for weight lifting which had wrestling mats down.. I was sitting there and some dude was spinning this tiny kid around by his arms and next thing I know I'm knocked out because I got knocked in the side of the head. Once I found out what happened later that day I came back in the next and pummeled dude on the mat