Ruhskins
02-08-2011, 01:08 PM
I think a lot of people share that view, and I'm sure the ratings support that too.
Beyond the first round I'll check in here and there but I definitely don't park in front of the TV for hours on end. Not when it's so easy to just log on and get whatever info you need.
I must say, Twitter has sort of killed the "suspense" from the NFL draft. I think last year the sports outlets would tweet the pick about 5 mins before it was announced on TV.
I must say, Twitter has sort of killed the "suspense" from the NFL draft. I think last year the sports outlets would tweet the pick about 5 mins before it was announced on TV.
Yeah, I wonder if the NFL will squash that this year
redsk1
02-15-2011, 12:33 PM
This a good article, Tinkering With a Longer Season, from my new favorite blog, besides this one, The Fifth Down.
Tinkering With a Longer N.F.L. Season - NYTimes.com (http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/tinkering-with-a-longer-n-f-l-season/)
A couple of options:
17 Game season
18 Game season w/ players playing a maximum of 16 games
17 games w/ a nuetral site game
The best thing I took from the article: Fans don't want 18 games, they just don't want to pay full price for a preseason game.
mlmpetert
08-18-2011, 10:45 AM
I really really don’t like goodell and I think hes bad for the NFL. The dude just doesn’t get it.
Same as Suh: Jags’ Mike Lockley fined $20,000 | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/17/same-as-suh-jags-mike-lockley-fined-20000/)
Both Suh and Lockley were called for personal fouls after engaging in the kinds of dangerous hits that the NFL is trying to reduce. So it makes sense that they were both fined.
But the NFL fining Suh and Lockley the same amount is, frankly, ridiculous. Lockley is an undrafted rookie just hoping to make the Jaguars’ regular-season roster at the league-minimum salary of $375,000, which comes out to $22,000 a week for the 17 weeks of the regular season. The league has effectively docked Lockley a full game check.
Suh, on the other hand, will make $60 million over the five-year contract he signed with the Lions last year. The total value of Suh’s contract works out to more than $700,000 a week, so a $20,000 fine is chump change to him.
I've got no problem with Suh getting fined.
celts32
08-18-2011, 11:04 AM
He completely destroyed the NFL Draft holiday and I will always hold that against him. Aside from that I like the job Roger has done.
I think he made the draft even better. Two thumbs up to prime time drafts.
sportscurmudgeon
08-18-2011, 11:57 AM
i think he made the draft even better. Two thumbs up to prime time drafts.
amen!!!
celts32
08-18-2011, 12:06 PM
I think he made the draft even better. Two thumbs up to prime time drafts.
It's terrible. Draft saturday used to be a holiday for football fans to get together. The prime time format took that away from the diehards in exchange for a couple more casual viewers in primetime.
A couple more viewers? Ratings are significantly higher.