We used to run SW:CCG tourneys at a shop I managed (before I bought it). One weekend we had a kid playing that was just being a total ass. He was super hyper, being rude to everyone and wouldn’t listen. So instead of kicking him from the event, I walked over, picked up his black border Darth Vader, folded it in half,… Read more
I agree with a lot of what you are saying. Baseball has the top spenders (LA, SF, NYY, BOS, Cleveland now....but they also have something football doesn’t have. Regional TV rights. The Orioles owned 90% of MASN, the broadcast arm of the Orioles and Nats. MLB declared Harrisburg, PA to Charlotte, NC (a 9 hour drive… Read more
My counterpoint to this is that due to the physical nature of the NFL I dont ever see parity being a problem even with a soft cap/guaranteed salaries. Any given year you can have a team with a bunch of high paid superstars/free agents and they just dont gel or your superstar QB gets hurt and they just don’t live up to… Read more
They deserve to accidentally open a portal into a demonic nether dimension and loose the havoc of the elder gods upon the world? That seems a little harsh, man. Read more
The patriots are the outliers. If Brady was not married to a millionaire swimsuit model, you bet he would be the highest paid player on a very mediocre team. Read more
That’s true. I had this argument with a guy when I went and did the homework because he said MLB is awful because no salary cap so only the Yankees and Red Sox ever win, while the NFL with a hard cap means anyone can win. To me it’s apples and oranges and I still think that without a cap much wouldn’t change. The… Read more
I think there’s a combination of your and Chris’s ideas that point toward the interest. A big part of the popularity, as well, is the relatively short season (escpecially compared to the other national sports leagues in North America. Even if you include preseason, the NFL season of play is only 6 months, as opposed… Read more
I thought of a similar idea for the NBA, and I think it holds merit with the NFL, as you say: Each team should be able to pay one player a “Whatever the hell the market.fans dictate” salary, outside the salary cap, and then have the cap determine what kind of team you can build around that one—truly—”Franchise” player. Read more
I think the majority of interest in the NFL can be traced to two factors: Read more
Interestingly enough, I did the math a few months ago and the NFL and MLB has the exact same amount of different champions in the last 25 years (14 teams each, the NBA in that span has 10). To me parity in the NFL means your team has a better chance to make the playoffs. It doesn’t mean you can win. Read more
I think the hard cap actually reduces parity. You tell teams they have to spend 89% of the cap on average every 4 years rolling period and teams sink too much money into the 12-15 shitty starting QBs in the league because they think they have to. Read more
I feel like a possible solution to the guaranteed salary problem is to still guarantee the salary, but to exclude their salary from the cap if they really can’t pass a physical. Teams might be willing to take a chance on more middle-aged guys (in NFL years, of course), if they weren’t scrutinizing the actuarial tables… Read more
Didn’t take long for the worst take to be written. Nicely done! Read more
But Porky IS lame. The only time he’s useful is when paired with the infinitely more entertaining Daffy. He’s the straight man to Daffy’s jokes and that’s about it. Seriously, think of one cartoon Starring Porky without him as a side kick that’s funny. You can’t, because no such thing exists. Read more