Fans or no fans and competitive balance

[mc52beast]

Heard the morning crew on WFNZ talking about this. Seems there are concerns about allowing fans in some stadiums but not others and how that could give teams an advantage. 

So would it be fair if Aints fans are present in N.O. but we can’t have our fans in Charlotte?

Yes I know, we would lose no matter what.

 

[Sgt Schultz]

Saints fans will not be allowed in the SuperDome.  The league decided just keeping them out is the easiest way to avoid constant pass interference complaints.

[thefuzz]

Arrowhead is known to be one of the very hardest stadiums to play in due to the crowd noise...and that was before a Super Bowl, I cannot imagine how crazy that place will be for the next 5+ years.

To the Saints....good lord is that place loud, I haven't been to KC (prolly going this year) but that was by far the loudest stadium I have ever stepped foot in.

BOA sounds like a museum compared to the Superdome.

[cookinbrak]

Unless the Saints fans are allowed in Charlotte, why would it matter?

[Waldo]

They should just let home teams pipe in a pre set levels of noise. I don't expect this year to be perfect or even fair. Just having football would be a positive. I could see being bothered if we were a contender but we are not close so it's a perfect year for our rebuild and for me to not sweat any of those details. I just want to see young guys improve and the coaches start implementing their schemes this year. 

[JawnyBlaze]

I would assume whatever rules apply to some teams apply to all, in the interest of competitive fair play.  Probably best to just allow at most 10-15% of seats to be sold, require fans to space out evenly and wear face masks at all times. Even more safe would to just not allow fans in the stadium for any team. Doesn’t get any more balanced than that. 

[bigpoppa]

Since the Falcons pipe in their crowd noise anyway, I would think they will have the best home field advantage this coming season.

[bababoey]

10 minutes ago, bigpoppa said:

Since the Falcons pipe in their crowd noise anyway, I would think they will have the best home field advantage this coming season.

Damn you beat me to it.

[1of10Charnatives]

1 hour ago, thefuzz said:

Arrowhead is known to be one of the very hardest stadiums to play in due to the crowd noise...and that was before a Super Bowl, I cannot imagine how crazy that place will be for the next 5+ years.

To the Saints....good lord is that place loud, I haven't been to KC (prolly going this year) but that was by far the loudest stadium I have ever stepped foot in.

BOA sounds like a museum compared to the Superdome.

Whaaaaaat?

I’M SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF SEAN PAYTON’S EGO!

[1of10Charnatives]

1 hour ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I would assume whatever rules apply to some teams apply to all, in the interest of competitive fair play.  Probably best to just allow at most 10-15% of seats to be sold, require fans to space out evenly and wear face masks at all times. Even more safe would to just not allow fans in the stadium for any team. Doesn’t get any more balanced than that. 

Because you can trust that the NFL will always put fan safety and competitive balance over making money.

[1of10Charnatives]

6 minutes ago, bull123 said:

pumping in crowd noise is the dumbest thing ive heard all day...and i participate in the tinderbox

*pumps crowd noise into bull’s bathroom.*

No pressure.

[CarolinaRideorDie]

Not even just the crowd noise advantage, but what if the players tested positive? What if all of Kansas City Chiefs offensive players tested positive and had to be out and a fully healthy Carolina Panthers team beats them? I doubt that would sit well with Kansas city fans, we would be elated lol! 

[cookinbrak]

1 hour ago, CarolinaRideorDie said:

Not even just the crowd noise advantage, but what if the players tested positive? What if all of Kansas City Chiefs offensive players tested positive and had to be out and a fully healthy Carolina Panthers team beats them? I doubt that would sit well with Kansas city fans, we would be elated lol! 

Automatically forfeit your next two games? No team is gonna agree to any of this, it's all just a pipe dream.

[Daddy_Uncle]

3 hours ago, thefuzz said:

Arrowhead is known to be one of the very hardest stadiums to play in due to the crowd noise...and that was before a Super Bowl, I cannot imagine how crazy that place will be for the next 5+ years.

To the Saints....good lord is that place loud, I haven't been to KC (prolly going this year) but that was by far the loudest stadium I have ever stepped foot in.

BOA sounds like a museum compared to the Superdome.

Teppers fixing to take care of that