Thursday, November 22, 2007

Too little Parody in the NFL

Ok, so I was watching my Bills get annihalated by the Pats, and I was thinking to myself, "How embarrased must the league be to be showcasing this game on national tv? Is this really the sort of product the league wants to display?" Now first of all, I think what the Pats are doing is great. But is it great for the league? Absolutely not! Sure it's great for the New Englanders, and their bandwagon fanbase around the world, but the rest of us hate the patriots, and as Tom Brady used to be the lovable role model he was back in the early millenium, now he is just as despised as the rest of them.
So where am I going with all of this? Well, I think that the NFL should adopt the same policy as England's Premier League, with there being a two tier system, and thus there should be a minor league system as well. I'm not talking about the shitty NFL Europe, because we all saw where that went, what I am saying is that there should be a minor league NFL in the country, around such places as Lansing, L.A., San Jose, etc. Hell, maybe the arena league could just become the NFL minor leagues and we could go from there. I think it's a necessity now, because nobody wants to see losing teams getting embarrased, and nobody wants to see losing teams playing other losing teams. This should be embarrasing for the NFL, because as I am watching the Cowboys blow out the Jets on Thanksgiving, it's apparent something needs to be done to maintain a national fan base. Just look at what baseball did with the wild card, now alot of cities are interested 'till the death. Upsets in football are very random, and not very frequent, so I think it's now time to establish not only a minor league system, but a two-tier system. Winning clubs will only play winning clubs, and the bad clubs will only play the bad clubs. Of course, since there are 32 clubs in the NFL, divide it in half. The two worst teams from the previous seasons will be sent to the minors, with the two top teams in the minors being sent to the NFL. Thus garbage teams like the dolphins and rams would thankfully no longer be on tv. The NFL Draft would still occur, only the relegated teams would not be a part of it obviously. This is how you make bad teams have motivation, because other wise the failed system in which they just keep losing till they get a #1 pick is ridiculous. However, the teams with the top 16 picks will be part of the second tier, and the remaining teams will be part of the top tier.

1. The teams with the first 16 picks will only play each other in the regular season, the amount of games and weeks will be the same. The leagues and divisions will be abolished, and the top 3 teams from each tier will advance into the playoffs. Now it gets interesting..

2. Suppose from the Top tier, which remember is the top 16 teams, the #1 Patriots, #2 Colts, #3 Bills( I know, wishful thinking) advance to the playoffs. Well, Since the Pats are the top team, they get a first round bye.

3. From the Second tier, suppose the #1 Bucs, #2 Seahawks, #3 Vikings, with the Bucs getting a bye, then

a) The two #3's, the Vikings and Bills will play each other, but home field will not automatically be rewarded to the Bills, even though they played in a harder tier. Rather the tiebreaking procedures of the current NFL will remain the same, only obviously the rules regarding conferences and divisions will be out because they will not exist. Football is in a new millenium, thus we don't need divisions and conferences anymore, and it would be hard to maintain if 1 team is relegated from a division anyways.

b) The Vikings and the Bills will play each other at the Ralph, after it was determined Buffalo won the tiebreaker. Bills win!

c) The #2 Colts will play aginst the #2 Hawks at the RCA, with the Colts winning.

d) so now, we will say the the team with the better record, regardless of tier, will play at home. So the Bills will play the Bucs, because the Bucs had a better record than the Bills in the regular season, even if they played easier teams. That makes the Second Tier's regular season interesting! So say the Bills beat the Bucs at Tampa, and the Patriots demolish the Colts at home, so the Superbowl will be the Bills and Patriots. The Super Bowl will still be played in a neutral venue, and the pro bowl will still be after the super bowl.

I think this is a great idea because the league needs change because football has changed, and interest must be maintained because alot of teams are getting tv blackouts because people dont wanna see bad matchups. There u go nfl

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