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The end of the NFL as we know it!

mountainpantherfan

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Fiz and I disagree on some big points but one thing we do agree on is that I do believe a free market would not turn the NFL into the MLB nor would Dallas or Washington win every Super Bowl. The makeup of the game is just so different that you can't just buy a championship (or the talent to win as it is) like the Yankees try to do all the time. And I believe that mid-level markets like Charlotte could have sustained success. The biggest difference between a free maket and what we had under a CBA was the ability for team to quickly turn their on field fortunes around. In a free market a owners will have to be more careful with their money if they don't have it to burn.

However I don't think the league will survive as is. Ideally, the NFL would be 24 teams in a free market and a lot of teams would have to relocate in order to stay apart of that 24. I could see LA with two team and Chicago adding a second. Even cities like Philly and Houston that have teams would be more economically friendly to owners than a city like Buffalo or Jacksonville. Local investment in the form of marketing (naming rights and "official" trademarks) and television rights are the real revenue of sports business. Ticket sales really only have a operational impact to the success of a team.

All in all, the NFL looks like it is changing and the things that have allowed many of us to fall in love with the game are probably going away forever. Teams may not be able to buy a championship but never again will we be as excited or hopeful as we were when the draft and free agency ruled the NFL. You see the Cowboys might not be able to buy a championship but for the fans, they will be able buy hope. And that in many ways is much more valuable.

The model the NFL was using was evolutionary and not conceived at the initial onset of the league. The foundation that they were operating under was one that worked the best for them and not the players. The fans will suffer, not all fans, but the casual fans will. The die hard fans will still have football, but fans in cities that had hope that this would exist infinitely in their local market will be no more. The NFL will optimize itself at some point,but with the threat of a limitless market some things will certainly not operate as they are now.

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Fiz does raise an interesting point even though it is a troll. Hypothetically if the league went this way, each team would negotiate their own TV deals, uniform rights, shoe deals, etc. The NFL would be like the NCAA but not as corrupt. Carolina, Jax, Cincy, Buffalo, and Atlanta would be like the WAC while Dallas, Washington, and the other big market teams would be the SEC.

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Fact is, the draft and the salary cap have made the NFL the most popular sport in the US because they have created parody among all 32 teams. Getting rid of the draft and the salary cap would greatly diminish the appeal of the NFL for the majority of fans.

Truth is, the players want the cap and the draft because the majority of players are not elite talent and with no draft they are doomed to be stuck on crappy teams and without the cap there is also no floor.

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Fiz does raise an interesting point even though it is a troll. Hypothetically if the league went this way, each team would negotiate their own TV deals, uniform rights, shoe deals, etc. The NFL would be like the NCAA but not as corrupt. Carolina, Jax, Cincy, Buffalo, and Atlanta would be like the WAC while Dallas, Washington, and the other big market teams would be the SEC.

How many WAC teams will ever get to play for the BCS? Hell, I wouldn't be shocked if Carolina went 12-0 and didn't get to play in the BCS game coming from the ACC.

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Fiz does raise an interesting point even though it is a troll. Hypothetically if the league went this way, each team would negotiate their own TV deals, uniform rights, shoe deals, etc. The NFL would be like the NCAA but not as corrupt. Carolina, Jax, Cincy, Buffalo, and Atlanta would be like the WAC while Dallas, Washington, and the other big market teams would be the SEC.

It is not the league, it is the players. I personally do not want to be in the WAC, so that while the Panthers make the championship game they automatically get their @$$ handed to them by default.

Who would give a mid-size market team a lucrative contract to compete? Bojangles or Harris Teeter?

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as an advocate of the free market, I'm glad that finally the special considerations that have impeded the natural flow of economics are finally being done away with.

Now the best players from college will be adequately rewarded for their performances. This will provide incentives for them to play better in college and improve the junior game. Law firms don't get to have drafts, why should the NFL?

Hahaha... do the best players not already get rewarded with $25-50 million signing bonuses for being a top pick? :rolleyes:

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Fact is, the draft and the salary cap have made the NFL the most popular sport in the US because they have created parody among all 32 teams. Getting rid of the draft and the salary cap would greatly diminish the appeal of the NFL for the majority of fans.

Truth is, the players want the cap and the draft because the majority of players are not elite talent and with no draft they are doomed to be stuck on crappy teams and without the cap there is also no floor.

Since you and many like you realize this. shouldn't the players. Adding to this, if they do then why mention it? They are cutting their own noses to spite their faces.

They should tip their hats, nod and get back to the table.

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