Can the NFL handle a big expansion.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by untrugby

exactly my point there arent 30 superstars in the NBA so any team that wants them has to overpay and that has a trickle down effect to the lower levels of talent.

I think a hard/solid cap would fix that. When teams can't just open up their wallet and over pay without negative consequences that problem will solve itself. All teams would have to be wiser about spending and players market value would be a lot more appropriate.

[untrugby]

Quote: Originally Posted by da ThRONe

I think a hard/solid cap would fix that. When teams can't just open up their wallet and over pay without negative consequences that problem will solve itself. All teams would have to be wiser about spending and players market value would be a lot more appropriate.

you cant fix lack of talent. it takes at least 1 and usually 2 stars to win a championship as long as thats true cap or no cap people will overpay for those on edge of being a star.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by untrugby

you cant fix lack of talent. it takes at least 1 and usually 2 stars to win a championship as long as thats true cap or no cap people will overpay for those on edge of being a star.

True, but this is what separates good front offices from bad ones. The point is it won't be the major issue it is now in the NBA or the NFL if they were to expand. Plus the NFL has none guaranteed contracts so they have the ability to cut players at anytime. I think if anything this will benefit the players. This will give guys more time to reach their potential.

[untrugby]

Quote: Originally Posted by da ThRONe

but this is what separates good front offices from bad ones.

No it makes them both bad GMs. One is over paying for an upper mid-level player and cant make a better team becuase they are cash strapped. The other has to settle for lower mid level players and is a constant lottery team.

[SPTO]

Regarding the talk of a farm league you have to realize that the average football player's career is so short (something like 4 years) that it would be a waste of time and resources to build up a minor league because at the same time a player is "improving" he's basically shortening his career in the process. Yes, the other sports have farm leagues the NFL is in a unique position where college is when players are at their rise in physical stature in the college game. There is no other league out there that has as close a relationship with the NCAA the way the NFL does.

Besides the NFL did try feeder leagues with both incarnations of the World League and there was a time in the late '90s/early '00's where the NFL was inching towards using the CFL in that capacity though it never panned out as both Tagliabue and now Goodell have too much respect for the history and uniqueness of the Canadian game to go in and change it up.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Why was Richmond mentioned?

[bwburke94]

Assuming the schedule stays at 16 games, I have a proposal for the 40-team scheduling formula:

Each team plays their four division rivals twice each. (8 games)
Each non-fifth place team plays each non-fifth place team from a specified division in both their conference (4 games) and the other conference. (4 games)
Each fifth place team plays each other fifth place team from both conferences once each (7 games) with an additional game against the fifth place team from the in-conference division the rest of their division plays. (1 game)

The idea of fifth-place schedules was taken from the 1978-1994 formula (which had two fifth-place teams in each conference that played a home-and-home against each other) while the top four in each division play the current formula, except with the strength of schedule-based games replaced with the extra division rival.

A disadvantage of this system is that it does not guarantee any non-divisional matchups happening every X years.

[da ThRONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by ProfessaPackMan

Why was Richmond mentioned?

I guess Richmond is kinda close to DC. I just know it's a decent size city and football is big in Virginia.