First off, wish all you guys a happy and safe Thanksgiving. This is more of a ramble, I guess and might be out of whack but anyway take a look if you have a chance. Heres some of the things that I would do with the NFL if I had control. Here we go.
1) There should be an 18 game schedule. I think there should be an 18 game schedule because I think the demand is high. I'd like to know why the Thursday night schedule was proposed and granted? Why is Thurs. ok but not adding an extra 2 weeks? Theres no need for Thurs. nigh football. Apparently, you cant even mention to the players about an 18 game schedule. How come nobody batted an eye, when you have to play a regular season game and soon more in London? How come nobody batted an eye when the Bills play a home game in Toronto?
2) NO Thursday Night Games. Like I said theres no need for it. Yes, there have been Thursday night games in the past but when I think NFL, I think of Sunday not Thursday. The only time you play on Thursday is for Turkey Day and thats it. Dont over extend the NFL which what there doing. Hell, I wouldnt shock me if they play every day of the week eventually. You know the old saying "Money talks and you know what walks."
3)Safety helmets MUST BE used by all players. I guess the NFL has adapted a more safe helmet to protect the players. If this works, then all players must wear that type of helmet. If you dont, you get suspended for one game. You dont wear it the next week, you get suspended the next game as well etc. etc. until all these players get the message. I say that because I heard that Ryan Clark of the Steelers was going to wear the helmet tonight but he didnt want to because " it wasnt cool enough" or something to that effect. Wear the safety helmets, period.
4) NO London Games. You want to have an exhibition game there, fine. Have 1, have 2, have 10, I dont care but when you start talking about taking the Super Bowl there, thats over the line. This is OUR GAME. When I mean OUR, I mean America's game. I dont want a franchise there either. Theres no need for it. Leave it in America, where it belongs.
5) Bring back Saturday games. Forget Thursday, bring back Saturday games. Remember the old days of having one CBS and one NBC and then one FOX game on Saturday? Why they got rid of that I'll never know. Have a game on CBS, FOX and NFL Network at 1, 4 and 8pm. Have them up against the bowl games. Why not about 10 people, including yours truly, watches the bowl games anyway.
6)No Less than 4 Late games. One thing I've noticed this year is the lack of 4pm games. I dont know why they dont have more. They should balance it out more. Ex. instead of 8 1pm games today, how about 6 1pm games and 5 4pm games? I just dont like that the variety is gone from the late window. If your not going to show any 4pm games, then why have at all. NFL meant 1 and 4 pm games on Sundays. It should stay that way. Which leads me too...
7)NFL Kickoff begins on Sunday, not Thursday. I dont know about you but I really cant get into the Thursday night opening week game. Have all the games on Sunday instead of having one game on Thursday, well this year it was on Wednesday and then having to wait 3 days for the next game. Week 1 on Sunday should be NFL Kickoff instead of Thursday. Theres only 1 game on Thursday and about 10 games or more on the following Sunday. I think the choice is obvious.
8)Your injured, you dont lose a timeout. I dont know why the team should be penalized when somebody gets injured. Its not the teams fault. I think that injury is part of the game and you shouldnt be penalized by losing a timeout when you need timeouts in the game. I think when you lose a timeout, thats just not fair and puts your team at a disadvantage.
9)Weight limit on offensive/defensive guys. I think a problem with all these injuries is that you have guys 250 lbs., 260 lbs tackling a guy maybe have his weight size. How is that fair that a 250 pound guy tackles or sacks a 165 or 180 lb. QB etc. That might be a hard thing to do but thats an unfair disadvantage. I way, I think 150 or 160 pounds and I wouldnt want somebody who weighs 240 lbs. w/o pads and who's not even a football player tackling me.
10) If you have the ball, its a catch. Maybe its me and Im getting old and grouchy and impatient but Im so sick of these "Did he have posession of the ball and have both hands on it?" Those types of plays happen so often that actually makes the game longer. You hear that call every single game. Hey, look, if the balls in your hands, you know what, its a catch. Its just so uneccessary. It goes on and on. They catch the ball with there hands. If they were catching them with there feet, then I'd have a problem. How can you procure a ball when you a linemen or cornerback hitting at full speed?
11)Expand to Los Angeles. Why they are not there yet, I'll never know. Get a team there, in the biggest market in the US and have a Super Bowl. Bring team there, bring one to CT. bring to Vermont as long as its not London. Los Angeles should get preference over London. We can use expansion teams again. From 1995 to the present, we've only had 3 expansion teams. We should have more but I wouldnt take a franchise away only if I had too. In other words, I would have LA start there own franchise, instead of taking the Chargers or Jaguars away.
What do you guys think? Do you think Im crazy or do you agree with some of my ideas. I just think they make a big thing, like London, where there shouldnt be a big deal. You want to grow the game. Lets see some NFL Films stuff. Classic games, classic films, with people who built the league. You know the target audience the NFL gets, Im assuming is 18-34. That means people were not born when "The Catch" happened or "Wide Right in Super Bowl 25" happened. Makes you think, doesnt it?
1) There should be an 18 game schedule. I think there should be an 18 game schedule because I think the demand is high. I'd like to know why the Thursday night schedule was proposed and granted? Why is Thurs. ok but not adding an extra 2 weeks? Theres no need for Thurs. nigh football. Apparently, you cant even mention to the players about an 18 game schedule. How come nobody batted an eye, when you have to play a regular season game and soon more in London? How come nobody batted an eye when the Bills play a home game in Toronto?
2) NO Thursday Night Games. Like I said theres no need for it. Yes, there have been Thursday night games in the past but when I think NFL, I think of Sunday not Thursday. The only time you play on Thursday is for Turkey Day and thats it. Dont over extend the NFL which what there doing. Hell, I wouldnt shock me if they play every day of the week eventually. You know the old saying "Money talks and you know what walks."
3)Safety helmets MUST BE used by all players. I guess the NFL has adapted a more safe helmet to protect the players. If this works, then all players must wear that type of helmet. If you dont, you get suspended for one game. You dont wear it the next week, you get suspended the next game as well etc. etc. until all these players get the message. I say that because I heard that Ryan Clark of the Steelers was going to wear the helmet tonight but he didnt want to because " it wasnt cool enough" or something to that effect. Wear the safety helmets, period.
4) NO London Games. You want to have an exhibition game there, fine. Have 1, have 2, have 10, I dont care but when you start talking about taking the Super Bowl there, thats over the line. This is OUR GAME. When I mean OUR, I mean America's game. I dont want a franchise there either. Theres no need for it. Leave it in America, where it belongs.
5) Bring back Saturday games. Forget Thursday, bring back Saturday games. Remember the old days of having one CBS and one NBC and then one FOX game on Saturday? Why they got rid of that I'll never know. Have a game on CBS, FOX and NFL Network at 1, 4 and 8pm. Have them up against the bowl games. Why not about 10 people, including yours truly, watches the bowl games anyway.
6)No Less than 4 Late games. One thing I've noticed this year is the lack of 4pm games. I dont know why they dont have more. They should balance it out more. Ex. instead of 8 1pm games today, how about 6 1pm games and 5 4pm games? I just dont like that the variety is gone from the late window. If your not going to show any 4pm games, then why have at all. NFL meant 1 and 4 pm games on Sundays. It should stay that way. Which leads me too...
7)NFL Kickoff begins on Sunday, not Thursday. I dont know about you but I really cant get into the Thursday night opening week game. Have all the games on Sunday instead of having one game on Thursday, well this year it was on Wednesday and then having to wait 3 days for the next game. Week 1 on Sunday should be NFL Kickoff instead of Thursday. Theres only 1 game on Thursday and about 10 games or more on the following Sunday. I think the choice is obvious.
8)Your injured, you dont lose a timeout. I dont know why the team should be penalized when somebody gets injured. Its not the teams fault. I think that injury is part of the game and you shouldnt be penalized by losing a timeout when you need timeouts in the game. I think when you lose a timeout, thats just not fair and puts your team at a disadvantage.
9)Weight limit on offensive/defensive guys. I think a problem with all these injuries is that you have guys 250 lbs., 260 lbs tackling a guy maybe have his weight size. How is that fair that a 250 pound guy tackles or sacks a 165 or 180 lb. QB etc. That might be a hard thing to do but thats an unfair disadvantage. I way, I think 150 or 160 pounds and I wouldnt want somebody who weighs 240 lbs. w/o pads and who's not even a football player tackling me.
10) If you have the ball, its a catch. Maybe its me and Im getting old and grouchy and impatient but Im so sick of these "Did he have posession of the ball and have both hands on it?" Those types of plays happen so often that actually makes the game longer. You hear that call every single game. Hey, look, if the balls in your hands, you know what, its a catch. Its just so uneccessary. It goes on and on. They catch the ball with there hands. If they were catching them with there feet, then I'd have a problem. How can you procure a ball when you a linemen or cornerback hitting at full speed?
11)Expand to Los Angeles. Why they are not there yet, I'll never know. Get a team there, in the biggest market in the US and have a Super Bowl. Bring team there, bring one to CT. bring to Vermont as long as its not London. Los Angeles should get preference over London. We can use expansion teams again. From 1995 to the present, we've only had 3 expansion teams. We should have more but I wouldnt take a franchise away only if I had too. In other words, I would have LA start there own franchise, instead of taking the Chargers or Jaguars away.
What do you guys think? Do you think Im crazy or do you agree with some of my ideas. I just think they make a big thing, like London, where there shouldnt be a big deal. You want to grow the game. Lets see some NFL Films stuff. Classic games, classic films, with people who built the league. You know the target audience the NFL gets, Im assuming is 18-34. That means people were not born when "The Catch" happened or "Wide Right in Super Bowl 25" happened. Makes you think, doesnt it?
