nfl to increase # of wildcard spots in the playoffs

[intangiblejohnny]

Adding more teams to the playoffs just makes the regular season mean less.

Which is a bad thing.

[rko396]

Adding more teams to the playoffs just makes the regular season mean less.

Which is a bad thing.

Adding another few teams to the playoffs keeps fans from all the 8-8 and 7-9 teams interested for longer cuz now theres a better chance they're in. That means more money for the NFL. More fans tuning into the games, games get higher ratings (thus more advertising money for commercials), more fans buying tix to game, more fans going to the actual playoff game to be gouged with prices, etc. all goodell sees is:

"More playoff teams = more money for him/the league"

Also, with the growing hardship of selling game tickets (see green bay, indi, and cinnci), and fans choosing to watch on tv more, the NFL is now doing whatever it rakes to gain every dollar they can. Yes, this is a very bad thing. Fug u Goodell

[Omgjoz]

Please - Romo will just start choking away November if this is the case. ;)

 

Haha, funny because its true.

[Growl]

So one team would get a Bye.

Lol NFL and lol Goodell.

That incentive system is what makes the NFL system so good and we're going to alter it so the fresking Cowgirls will finally start making the playoffs.

Must be the money, ay Roger?

[frash.exe]

You guys are acting like the NFL has never been reconfigured in some way since the merger

[teeray]

Meh. I likd it the way it is. Just a money grab

[KJ89]

this is stupid.

[Evengelion]

The NFL is trying to screw a good thing because of greed. Some of those wild card games are sometimes like non-BCS bowl games. They might as well do a 32 team playoffs so they can get money from all 32 fanbase and play the regular season for seeding purpose.

[davos]

There's an easy middle ground:

 

New earlier wildcard play-in round: #6 v. #7 in each conference fight to play the #3

 

This year it would've been AZ v. NO and SD v. PIT

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

Damn Nfl will do whatever it can to get Dallas into the dance.

 

Yeah my first thought was Jerry Jones. More playoff teams means more excited fan bases buying T shirts and tickets. It's a slam dunk for increased revenue. On the other hand it's not healthy for the game. The NFL makes a ton of decisions with money vs. the game and money always wins.

[Anybodyhome]

I can only support this if a seeding process accompanies it.

 

I'm saying if you continue to add playoff teams and do not add seeding we'll see teams with .500 records getting in while there will be 11-5 or 10-6 teams going on the road for a playoff game.

[rko396]

I can only support this if a seeding process accompanies it.

 

I'm saying if you continue to add playoff teams and do not add seeding we'll see teams with .500 records getting in while there will be 11-5 or 10-6 teams going on the road for a playoff game.

 

the way it is now (seeding wise), is the way it should be. If you want to host a home playoff game, win your division. Besides, the 12-4 9ers should be able to take care of an 8-8 team regardless of where they play, if they are in fact the "Better" team. Winning your division needs to count for something. 

[Car123]

There's an easy middle ground:

New earlier wildcard play-in round: #6 v. #7 in each conference fight to play the #3

This year it would've been AZ v. NO and SD v. PIT

Top two teams get two weeks off?

[ed bell]

Top two teams get two weeks off?

yeah, that would be crappy