18 game season plus all teams doing 1 intl

[PanthersATL]

can see some teams playing back-to-back in Europe (maybe as two road games OR as a home team + road team), kinda like what the Jags do in London, or how the Vikings did it this past year in London and Dublin

[PanthersATL]

Sunday Oct 18th will NOT be a home game for Carolina

 

Thanks, Ed Sheeran, for making that plan for us

Edited 3 hours ago by PanthersATL

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

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. 

I watch a ton of NFL because the product on the field is still the best on the planet. But, that will only get you so far. US sports fans are an aging crowd so there will be a dramatic drop when the Boomers die off and the GenXers do, as well. 

The Millennials will probably be the last major generation that watches sports in high numbers. 

[strato]

5 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I watch a ton of NFL because the product on the field is still the best on the planet. But, that will only get you so far. US sports fans are an aging crowd so there will be a dramatic drop when the Boomers die off and the GenXers do, as well. 

The Millennials will probably be the last major generation that watches sports in high numbers. 

And for some reason, people have insinuated soccer into this country, over the last twenty or thirty years.
With all these people that were imported, that is gonna leave a mark.  Soccer is their game.  

Edited 1 hour ago by strato

[PantherChris]

You knew it was coming, they probably bump to 16 playoff teams as well.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, strato said:

And for some reason, people have insinuated soccer into this country, over the last twenty or thirty years.
With all these people that were imported, that is gonna leave a mark.  Soccer is their game.  

Soccer was somewhat of an inevitability because it became a popular youth sport in the 90's and early 2000's. That was were the rise of soccer here really came from. 

It is likely it will play a much smaller part of the future of US professional sports for a very long time. 

[UnluckyforSome]

Maybe one day, the Panthers will have a shot to lose 18 games in a season. Tepper will probably still be rolling Young out to start.

[jopie87]

40 minutes ago, UnluckyforSome said:

Maybe one day, the Panthers will have a shot to lose 18 games in a season. Tepper will probably still be rolling Young out to start.

Every team makes the playoffs. Seeded 1 to 16 in each conference. Playoffs end sometime around St.Patricks day. Every team has a 20 game schedule but each player can only play in 18. League makes billions while making the structure of Baseketball look simple.