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SmokinwithWilly Grand Master

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37 minutes ago, outlaw4 said:

Oh, sure. Take away one preseason game where starters may be on the field for one quarter and add a regular season game where you go all out for sixty minutes. They're exactly the same thing.

If anything, this only means even more injuries, worse quality of product on the field and more meaningless late season football. But at least they get to charge you full price for it! Hooray for unrestrained capitalism!

The more they do this, the more the NFL will turn into a war of attrition. It's hard enough to keep these guys healthy for a season, much less adding another full speed, high impact game to the schedule. Another bye week and expanding the roster is going to be the only way to do it and keep people interested. It seems like half the playmakers are done for the year by week 10 anyway and the season starts getting boring. Probably why we see so many questionable/terrible calls that lead to upsets and closer divisions to keep the season somewhat interesting. 

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every team having an international appearance every year is almost guaranteed right now.  Panthers will be the Home team in Germany once every four years in the current rotation (2028 being next).

List of home game markets:

  • Argentina: Dolphins
  • Australia: Raiders, Rams, Eagles, Seahawks
  • Austria: Lions, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Seahawks, Bucs
  • Brazil: Lions, Dolphins, Pats, Eagles
  • Canada: Bills, Bengals, Cards, Lions, Vikings, Seahawks
  • China: Rams
  • Colombia: Dolphins
  • France: Saints
  • Germany: Falcons, Panthers, Lions, Packers, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Giants, Steelers, Seahawks, Bucs
  • Ghana: Eagles
  • Greece: Chargers
  • Ireland: Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Jets, Steelers, Titans
  • Japan: Rams
  • Mexico: Cards, Cowboys, Broncos, Texans, Chiefs, Raisers, Rams, Dolphons, Steelers, 49ers
  • New Zealand: Raiders, Rams, Eagles, Seahawks
  • Nigeria: Browns
  • South Korea: Rams
  • Spain: Bears, Chiefs, Dolphins
  • Switzerland: Lions, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Seahawks, Bucs
  • UAB: Rams, 49ers, Commanders
  • UK: Ravens, Bears, Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Dolphins, Vikings, Jets, 49ers

So if we're *not* the home team, then we should keep an eye out on our road trip schedule for any of these teams and assigned home countries for potential matchups

Example:  if we're playing the Packers as a road trip, there's a chance that the NFL would make us play in Ireland or the UK for that matchup to align with GB's home marketing country

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How much money is enough money? Looks like the NFL is hellbent on becoming like the NBA where the league's best players consistently get hurt and miss games. People pay to watch the best players. There's no product without that.

The NFL like the NBA needs to wake up and realize this is not 20 or 30 years ago. These newer generations of players outside of rare outliers will never be ironmen like previous generations.

But it's all about simple greed. Out of touch elites like Robert Kraft will never learn.

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9 minutes ago, frankw said:

How much money is enough money? Looks like the NFL is hellbent on becoming like the NBA where the league's best players consistently get hurt and miss games. People pay to watch the best players. There's no product without that.

The NFL like the NBA needs to wake up and realize this is not 20 or 30 years ago. These newer generations of players outside of rare outliers will never be ironmen like previous generations.

But it's all about simple greed. Out of touch elites like Robert Kraft will never learn.

Check out the rant by PK Subban about the culture difference between NHL and NBA. Now while this doesn't necessarily apply to the players, I think it applies to the owners. The owners are losing touch with the fans and it's becoming more about money than the people that pay to watch it. Conversely, it's why Banana Ball league become such a huge success. It's a fan driven sport that people get to immerse themselves in. Football is losing that in a hurry and owners like Kraft will keep true home grown fans away if it keeps up. 

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12 minutes ago, PanthersATL said:

every team having an international appearance every year is almost guaranteed right now.  Panthers will be the Home team in Germany once every four years in the current rotation (2028 being next).

List of home game markets:

  • Argentina: Dolphins
  • Australia: Raiders, Rams, Eagles, Seahawks
  • Austria: Lions, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Seahawks, Bucs
  • Brazil: Lions, Dolphins, Pats, Eagles
  • Canada: Bills, Bengals, Cards, Lions, Vikings, Seahawks
  • China: Rams
  • Colombia: Dolphins
  • France: Saints
  • Germany: Falcons, Panthers, Lions, Packers, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Giants, Steelers, Seahawks, Bucs
  • Ghana: Eagles
  • Greece: Chargers
  • Ireland: Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Jets, Steelers, Titans
  • Japan: Rams
  • Mexico: Cards, Cowboys, Broncos, Texans, Chiefs, Raisers, Rams, Dolphons, Steelers, 49ers
  • New Zealand: Raiders, Rams, Eagles, Seahawks
  • Nigeria: Browns
  • South Korea: Rams
  • Spain: Bears, Chiefs, Dolphins
  • Switzerland: Lions, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Seahawks, Bucs
  • UAB: Rams, 49ers, Commanders
  • UK: Ravens, Bears, Packers, Jags, Chiefs, Dolphins, Vikings, Jets, 49ers

So if we're *not* the home team, then we should keep an eye out on our road trip schedule for any of these teams and assigned home countries for potential matchups

Example:  if we're playing the Packers as a road trip, there's a chance that the NFL would make us play in Ireland or the UK for that matchup to align with GB's home marketing country

Hey Roger,

Thailand, Thailand, Thailand....

Nope. No Thailand. Must be a mistake on the schedule. 

Sincerely,

Bob. 

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55 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Check out the rant by PK Subban about the culture difference between NHL and NBA. Now while this doesn't necessarily apply to the players, I think it applies to the owners. The owners are losing touch with the fans and it's becoming more about money than the people that pay to watch it. Conversely, it's why Banana Ball league become such a huge success. It's a fan driven sport that people get to immerse themselves in. Football is losing that in a hurry and owners like Kraft will keep true home grown fans away if it keeps up. 

Most professional sports owners barely care if you show up because the TV money dwarfs the amount generated in the stadium. The NFL particularly is like that.

If you look at NFL stadium trends, it's about adding "premium" features to raise the prices to the stratosphere and out of the hands of average folks. 

Also consider that the NFL prioritizes the richest people on the planet owning their teams. 

They aren't losing touch with the fans, they lost that years ago. It's about how much it takes before the foundation starts to crumble. Also, they all see it is coming in the US. That's behind the attempts to be global.

The NBA will never fail because it is a global sport now. The NFL is desperately trying to achieve this because they are on a direct path to failure.

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2 hours ago, Panthering said:

I think 18 is inevitable as well, but why can't we just do two byes for every team then? I think that's more than deserved for these guys. 

Should be easy too. Weeks 7 and 8 are byes and week 14 and 15. Also every team plays a division game before and after their byes

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9 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Should be easy too. Weeks 7 and 8 are byes and week 14 and 15. Also every team plays a division game before and after their byes

there's a fantastic youtube explanation of the scheduling process the NFL goes through.  It's not simple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS1xGetyrh0 

(embed won't work, need to view on YouTube directly)

 

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2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Most professional sports owners barely care if you show up because the TV money dwarfs the amount generated in the stadium. The NFL particularly is like that.

If you look at NFL stadium trends, it's about adding "premium" features to raise the prices to the stratosphere and out of the hands of average folks. 

Also consider that the NFL prioritizes the richest people on the planet owning their teams. 

They aren't losing touch with the fans, they lost that years ago. It's about how much it takes before the foundation starts to crumble. Also, they all see it is coming in the US. That's behind the attempts to be global.

The NBA will never fail because it is a global sport now. The NFL is desperately trying to achieve this because they are on a direct path to failure.

I get what you're saying about showing up but like you said, TV money dwarfs stadium, but people have to tune in. That's the normal fans they've lost the connection with. I barely watch NFL anymore because the product is poo. With all the technology, it's easier to see how bad the calls are and most of it could be fixed with some effort. I realize they're trying to go abroad but soccer is far more popular worldwide and I don't see American football taking that away.

If they wanted to maximize profits, fix the product before it gets down right impossible to watch, and it's damn close to being there. Pro wrestling is still popular even though it's scripted because they're embraced the show and entertaining the fans. Goodell is probably one of the most out of touch people I've ever seen when it comes to being relatable to the fans. At least Vince McMahon is someone that embraced his villain character. RG is just a douchebag. 

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