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Well, the day has come when the Super Bowl marks the end of another short, not long enough season.
Here come the dreadful boring days of a long, late winter in February. Beer please.
September, October, November, December, January, done.
5 months of football isn't enough. A giant void in February exists to fill with fun and money.
As Berry White once said, "It's just not enough."
I'm not in favor of an 18 game season, at least not yet. In order for that to happen, the next CBA between the players and league owners could spell the end of preseason football, and they should.
I think the players would agree to an 18 game season if and only if all 4 preseason games are eliminated, plus the addition of teams being able to carry a 56 man roster instead of 53, and having 2 BYE weeks instead of 1.
Players hate preseason with a passion, as do the fans for having to pay regular season prices to watch 3rd and 4th stringers in games that mean nothing but potential serious injuries.
It is time to get rid of preseason football forever. Everyone would be happy, everyone wins, networks included.
The league is already talking about expanding the playoffs to include an extra team from each conference. If that means adding an extra week to the already too short season, hell yes.
Ways to make the NFL season longer:
Start the season on September 12th every year, regardless of what day it falls on. Early September is back to school time, back from vacation time, and back to work time for a lot of people. 80 degrees at the Ralph on opening day just isn't right!
Eliminate 4 useless preseason games.
Add 2 more regular season games.
Expand the playoffs to 14 teams.
Add 1 more bye week for each team.
That's 4 more extra weeks of football to watch, moving the Super Bowl to early March instead of early February.
If the NFL wants to have more cold weather Super Bowls, early March would be a better time to have it.
Also, January is tough on a lot of people after the Christmas bills roll in and money is tight. Business owners hate January.
Playoff games this year almost didn't sell out. There were over 12,000 Super Bowl tickets available only a few days ago.
Time for a good change, NFL.
Here come the dreadful boring days of a long, late winter in February. Beer please.
September, October, November, December, January, done.
5 months of football isn't enough. A giant void in February exists to fill with fun and money.
As Berry White once said, "It's just not enough."
I'm not in favor of an 18 game season, at least not yet. In order for that to happen, the next CBA between the players and league owners could spell the end of preseason football, and they should.
I think the players would agree to an 18 game season if and only if all 4 preseason games are eliminated, plus the addition of teams being able to carry a 56 man roster instead of 53, and having 2 BYE weeks instead of 1.
Players hate preseason with a passion, as do the fans for having to pay regular season prices to watch 3rd and 4th stringers in games that mean nothing but potential serious injuries.
It is time to get rid of preseason football forever. Everyone would be happy, everyone wins, networks included.
The league is already talking about expanding the playoffs to include an extra team from each conference. If that means adding an extra week to the already too short season, hell yes.
Ways to make the NFL season longer:
Start the season on September 12th every year, regardless of what day it falls on. Early September is back to school time, back from vacation time, and back to work time for a lot of people. 80 degrees at the Ralph on opening day just isn't right!
Eliminate 4 useless preseason games.
Add 2 more regular season games.
Expand the playoffs to 14 teams.
Add 1 more bye week for each team.
That's 4 more extra weeks of football to watch, moving the Super Bowl to early March instead of early February.
If the NFL wants to have more cold weather Super Bowls, early March would be a better time to have it.
Also, January is tough on a lot of people after the Christmas bills roll in and money is tight. Business owners hate January.
Playoff games this year almost didn't sell out. There were over 12,000 Super Bowl tickets available only a few days ago.
Time for a good change, NFL.
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