Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Division games in Weeks 16 & 17 would be cool. Commissioner Roger Goodell just wrapped his press conference which acts as the official close to the league meetings, and among the things he mentioned is a move to discourage teams from "tanking" end-of-season games. The league's schedule-maker is working to have every Week 17 game be a division matchup, and as many Week 16 games as possible be intra-divisional as well. If they're able to pull that off -- particularly in Week 16 -- it would keep divisional leaders honest. Not many division leaders have a two-game cushion after 14 games, so putting emphasis on those final two contests will hopefully force teams to play their starters late in the season, and thus avoid a preseason-type "who made that tackle?" atmosphere for paying fans. http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/03/nfl_taking_meas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Division games in Weeks 16 & 17 would be cool. Commissioner Roger Goodell just wrapped his press conference which acts as the official close to the league meetings, and among the things he mentioned is a move to discourage teams from "tanking" end-of-season games. The league's schedule-maker is working to have every Week 17 game be a division matchup, and as many Week 16 games as possible be intra-divisional as well. If they're able to pull that off -- particularly in Week 16 -- it would keep divisional leaders honest. Not many division leaders have a two-game cushion after 14 games, so putting emphasis on those final two contests will hopefully force teams to play their starters late in the season, and thus avoid a preseason-type "who made that tackle?" atmosphere for paying fans. http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/03/nfl_taking_meas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 why not just institute a "lottery" for the worst 4 teams, so that way if you go 0-16 on purpose you won't be a LOCK to get the #1 draftpick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 why not just institute a "lottery" for the worst 4 teams, so that way if you go 0-16 on purpose you won't be a LOCK to get the #1 draftpick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 i have a feeling if they did a lottery then the Raiders would be in it every year until al davis croaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 i have a feeling if they did a lottery then the Raiders would be in it every year until al davis croaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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newjakecity Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Not to sound paranoid, but in 2004 the Pittsburgh Steelers played their 3rd stringers against the Buffalo Bills who needed the win to have a shot at the playoffs. That the Steelers 3rd stringers won isn't the point. The question is why wasn't a fuss made about it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjakecity Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Not to sound paranoid, but in 2004 the Pittsburgh Steelers played their 3rd stringers against the Buffalo Bills who needed the win to have a shot at the playoffs. That the Steelers 3rd stringers won isn't the point. The question is why wasn't a fuss made about it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Because the NBA has proved that a lottery doesn't work. i think it has proved that is does work....even the worst team ever, the Nets, are still trying to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Because the NBA has proved that a lottery doesn't work. i think it has proved that is does work....even the worst team ever, the Nets, are still trying to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 i think it has proved that is does work....even the worst team ever' date=' the Nets, are still trying to win.[/quote'] The lottery system doesn't work in the NBA. Remember when the Spurs got the #1 pick and drafted Tim Duncan? They were the 3rd worst team in the NBA that year and won 6 more games than the Grizzlies and 5 more games than the Celtics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 i think it has proved that is does work....even the worst team ever' date=' the Nets, are still trying to win.[/quote'] The lottery system doesn't work in the NBA. Remember when the Spurs got the #1 pick and drafted Tim Duncan? They were the 3rd worst team in the NBA that year and won 6 more games than the Grizzlies and 5 more games than the Celtics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 The lottery system doesn't work in the NBA. Remember when the Spurs got the #1 pick and drafted Tim Duncan? They were the 3rd worst team in the NBA that year and won 6 more games than the Grizzlies and 5 more games than the Celtics. so you are saying you would rather the Vancouver Grizzlies win 4 titles instead of the Spurs? canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 The lottery system doesn't work in the NBA. Remember when the Spurs got the #1 pick and drafted Tim Duncan? They were the 3rd worst team in the NBA that year and won 6 more games than the Grizzlies and 5 more games than the Celtics. so you are saying you would rather the Vancouver Grizzlies win 4 titles instead of the Spurs? canadian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 This actually isn't a bad idea, but its a shame that they have to change the rules when the whole problem is really just one man, Bill Polian. Yep. But Polian does play his starters when they can set individual records. See Week 17, 2009 at Buffalo in a snow storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 This actually isn't a bad idea, but its a shame that they have to change the rules when the whole problem is really just one man, Bill Polian. Yep. But Polian does play his starters when they can set individual records. See Week 17, 2009 at Buffalo in a snow storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 This is more about teams locking up playoff spots early Blackout doesn't "get it" when it comes to the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 This is more about teams locking up playoff spots early Blackout doesn't "get it" when it comes to the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Division games in Weeks 16 & 17 would be cool. http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/03/nfl_taking_meas.html Remember the implementation of what everyone here called the Brady rule? Well, you may as well call this the Jets rule - and we all know why. Just like the OT adjustment - may as well call that the Brett Favre rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garb Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Division games in Weeks 16 & 17 would be cool. http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extra_points/2010/03/nfl_taking_meas.html Remember the implementation of what everyone here called the Brady rule? Well, you may as well call this the Jets rule - and we all know why. Just like the OT adjustment - may as well call that the Brett Favre rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I have a better solution, play 2 less games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serphnx Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 I have a better solution, play 2 less games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billo83 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 It's obvious that this is all about the Jets-Colts game, and Baddell being the Anti-Jet he is, was upset at that game and had to do something about it. That fact is the NFL won't be able to prevent this from happening. Maybe they can limit it to a degree, but probably not a lot. Lets say the Jets have locked up home field advantage by week 17 next season and the Bills are on their schedule for the last game. The Jets of course would still rest their starters. Lets say they have the Pats* for the last game instead. Maybe the Pats* seeding is already locked, so neither team plays its starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billo83 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 It's obvious that this is all about the Jets-Colts game, and Baddell being the Anti-Jet he is, was upset at that game and had to do something about it. That fact is the NFL won't be able to prevent this from happening. Maybe they can limit it to a degree, but probably not a lot. Lets say the Jets have locked up home field advantage by week 17 next season and the Bills are on their schedule for the last game. The Jets of course would still rest their starters. Lets say they have the Pats* for the last game instead. Maybe the Pats* seeding is already locked, so neither team plays its starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Blackout doesn't "get it" when it comes to life. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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