August 24, 2019 06:37AM
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Rams43
What is so inherently wrong about owners wanting more money?..

No one said anything is "wrong" with it, by itself. You're missing the point.

The argument is this. The league is a balance of competing interests. It just is. That IS what it is. League office, players association. So what the owners want is irrelevant--it's what they can get from players. And players are never going to concede an 18-game regular season. It damages their interests to do that--it hurts careers and literally wears players down. (The league admitted as much when it tried to float the "18 game schedule with starters playing only 16" balloon.)

It is never just what the owners want. I watch football to watch the players. The league is nothing without the players. The players have to agree to something like the 18 game schedule, and...they won't.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/24/2019 06:38AM by zn.
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  How long before NFL dumps preseason games? I bet within 5 years.

Ramgator528August 23, 2019 04:55AM

  I hope not

zn239August 23, 2019 07:10AM

  agreed....

SunTzu_vs_Camus188August 24, 2019 04:47AM

  How about a compromise?

Rams43254August 23, 2019 07:26AM

  Re: How about a compromise?

zn284August 23, 2019 08:15AM

  agreed...

LMU93201August 23, 2019 08:36AM

  Re: agreed...

Rams43189August 23, 2019 08:55AM

  they need a developmental spring league

LMU93199August 23, 2019 09:14AM

  yeah...I like that kind of thinking

SunTzu_vs_Camus218August 24, 2019 04:52AM

  Re: agreed...

zn163August 23, 2019 08:07PM

  Re: agreed...

Rams43165August 23, 2019 08:30PM

  Re: agreed...

zn202August 23, 2019 10:23PM

  Re: agreed...

Rams43201August 24, 2019 06:18AM

  Re: agreed...

zn161August 24, 2019 06:37AM

  Re: agreed...

Rams43162August 24, 2019 07:02AM

  Re: agreed...

AlbaNY_Ram171August 24, 2019 07:09AM

  Re: Math error

AlbaNY_Ram179August 25, 2019 06:15AM

  Re: How about a compromise?

Rams43191August 23, 2019 08:51AM

  Re: How about a compromise?

AlbaNY_Ram184August 23, 2019 09:07AM

  I agree with 43

six2stack171August 23, 2019 09:12AM

  Re: How about a compromise?

OCRAM85246August 23, 2019 08:15AM

  Re: How about a compromise?

LMU93172August 23, 2019 08:42AM

  In 1951 they played 7 preseason games.

waterfield186August 23, 2019 10:10AM

  Re: In 1951 they played 7 preseason games.

moklerman178August 24, 2019 07:29AM

  Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

PeoriaRa201August 24, 2019 08:34AM

  Re: Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

zn179August 24, 2019 08:37AM

  Re: Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

moklerman270August 25, 2019 10:11AM

  Re: Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

zn164August 25, 2019 10:30AM

  Re: Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

moklerman161August 25, 2019 10:44AM

  Re: Is there a reason a season needs to be an even # of games?

Ekern55165August 25, 2019 07:26AM

  yeah, I like the "rivalry" angle of that idea...

SunTzu_vs_Camus164August 25, 2019 09:06AM

  they ARE against it

zn157August 25, 2019 09:13AM