rich homie Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, FrantikRam said: I agree with killing Thursday, but I'd go in for Friday and/or Saturday all year. The NFL destroys college football in ratings and is a MUCH better product, I'd show no mercy - the plus side is that it allows players more rest over Thursday games. The NFL is legally not allowed to play games on Friday and Saturday due to anti-trust laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tk3 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Firing at the hip here.... Replace the Thursday Night game, and replace it with Tuesday night, and make Monday a double header every week The two opponents on the Tuesday Night game both play in opposite games on Monday night, meaning that you'll never have a week shorter than 6 days I've thoroughly enjoyed these Tuesday and Wednesday games. I also REALLY like the 5 PM start times - although I imagine west coast has not been pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tk3 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Just now, Tk3 said: Firing at the hip here.... Replace the Thursday Night game, and replace it with Tuesday night, and make Monday a double header every week The two opponents on the Tuesday Night game both play in opposite games on Monday night, meaning that you'll never have a week shorter than 6 days I've thoroughly enjoyed these Tuesday and Wednesday games. I also REALLY like the 5 PM start times - although I imagine west coast has not been pleased Actually, I'm already rethinking all of those previous opinions I only love it because it gives me an excuse to log off right at 5, roll 12 feet over to my living room, and park it for the next 6 hours On an ongoing basis, I would probably hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malfatron Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, rich homie said: The NFL is legally not allowed to play games on Friday and Saturday due to anti-trust laws. getting rid of those would be a good start then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKillerNacho Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 no thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awsi Dooger Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, FinSting said: I remember when the NFL season was only 14 games. What a boring time that was. I thought it was awesome. More than half the games were within your own division...8 of 14. That's why the league was so intense and physical, with true Any Given Sunday realities. The Dolphins went 14-0 when the league was legitimately balanced, due to the taxing schedule and so much contrast between styles of play. No team lost fewer than 3 games in 1971 and the Dolphins were the only team with fewer than 3 losses in 1972. That's why 14-0 then 17-0 stood out as so legendary, and the current attempts to diminish it are so ignorantly laughable. Nobody is more foolish than backfitting strength of schedule simpletons. These days with contrast all but gone and pantyhose passing teams coddled by the rules and the referees, I look at a team like the Chiefs and wonder how it's physically possible they go under the season win total. It was 11.5. Really? The Chiefs under these rules and this degree of imbalance are going to lose 5 times or more? Best of luck. I've made this point on Finheaven for years: It is exponentially easier to have a fantastic won/loss record these days, when divisional games are only 6 of 16 games as opposed to 8 of 14 in the prior era. I remember when teams would play 4 or 5 consecutive divisional games in midseason. You knew darn well they'd lose at least 1 or 2 of those, no matter how good they were, and then the games following the divisional streak were extreme vulnerability because the team was physically and mentally exhausted. Nowadays there is nothing like that at all. It is a comparatively easy hopscotch from one non-division game to another. Then they give you maybe 2 or 3 straight division games early in the season and late in the season. Big deal. It is easy for the superior team to prepare for the early games. Then late season some teams in your division are either worn out or playing out the string. Worst tendency of all is the reliance on passing. Contrast is gone. Teams with lousy quarterbacks think they are supposed to wing it 35+ times. Incredible stupidity. They are playing into the hands of the superior team by lengthening the game and allowing the relationship between one quarterback and the other to dictate the outcome. I was never a Tim Tebow fan but at least that brief stretch with the Broncos gave younger fans a glimpse of how the game was played decades ago, when contrast ruled the league and it didn't always matter if your quarterback could throw the ball at all. Edited December 10, 2020 by Awsi Dooger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soko Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) Interesting how many were against TNF but are now cool with these games. As a fan I love watching whenever possible, but I think the game takes a competitive hit with the long/short weeks and in many instances, the product suffers for it. I do like the double headers though, and I’m open to Tuesday games too. Edited December 10, 2020 by Yin-Yang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 6 hours ago, FrantikRam said: I agree with killing Thursday, but I'd go in for Friday and/or Saturday all year. The NFL destroys college football in ratings and is a MUCH better product, I'd show no mercy - the plus side is that it allows players more rest over Thursday games. No need to upset your free minor league... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 5 hours ago, rich homie said: The NFL is legally not allowed to play games on Friday and Saturday due to anti-trust laws. That's... Interesting. I never knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Awsi Dooger said: These days with contrast all but gone and pantyhose passing teams coddled by the rules and the referees, We'll not be bringing back CTE. No sir, I don't like it. The days of highlight reel teeth-rattling hits on defenseless players are gone. Today's game is more strategic with rules that enable the players to hopefully have a friggin' life after football. And that's mighty cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, FinSting said: 6 hours ago, Awsi Dooger said: These days with contrast all but gone and pantyhose passing teams coddled by the rules and the referees, We'll not be bringing back CTE. No sir, I don't like it. The days of highlight reel teeth-rattling hits on defenseless players are gone. What, you mean you don't like hearing about Mike Webster, Junior Seau or Dave Duerson committing suicide due to prolonged effects of CTE? Gimmie 'muh REAL Football... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugger Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Players need several days between games to lick their wounds. I like the idea of sticking to the weekends and Mondays. Change the anti-trust laws so we can have Friday and Saturday games once the high schools and colleges are done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrantikRam Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 On 12/9/2020 at 10:16 PM, rich homie said: In every single week there are only 6 games that a person can watch on their TV at once. TNF, Fox single, CBS double (or vice versa), SNF, MNF. That leaves up to 10 games that are being hidden that you can't watch. Ah okay, I could not live without the Sunday Ticket and watch three games at 1pm, three games at 4pm and then if I want to watch the primetime games, that's 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrantikRam Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 19 hours ago, ET80 said: No need to upset your free minor league... Could they not be free? The players want to go to the NFL so I don't see what CFB could do if the NFL just wanted to take over Saturdays - not like they could charge the NFL for the rights to draft players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotsheatyan Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Only if they start using bye weeks intelligently, something they have not done with TNF after over a decade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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