NFL or College football Fans

[paulg]

My Lord the Redskins get worse every year. I didn't think that was even possible!

[Paddy]

Some lad tries a Ronaldo style celebration and ****s himself up

[spud_gun]

Saw that the other night.

Apparently he's out for the season. Ouch.

Not the first player to miss games through celebrating.

[Carras_Shin_Pads]

i don't think that's anything to get excited about.

Yeah very true, look at the Chargers form now - they're Liverpool in disguise!

[Chazza]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/americanfootball/11250253/Odell-Beckham-makes-greatest-NFL-catch-in-history.html

[ChrisDR1968]

Now here's an interesting question.

The NFL has a salary cap so in theory each of the 32 teams has an equal chance of winning the Super Bowl.

Competitive balance the league calls it

Would a similar thing work in the Premier League and other European leagues or do you prefer the clubs with the deepest pockets nearly always finishing in the top half dozen spots in the table at the end of each season?

[Alex]

I have thought about it before.

There is something to be said for a team who builds their dominance. Liverpool in 70s/80s. Man Utd 90s/00s. Its impressive how dominant these get. In both these cases it was without a massive sustained investment from a billionaire. Just luck, good management and the right alignment of other factors.

But nowadays it seems anyone can be built to do it. 5 years ago City were nothing. 10 years ago Chelsea were nothing more than a Top 4/5 side. Probably lower.

So now I think the US system would be better. Its about building coaching the best out of the players. Building a team over a long period of time.

You will always have big teams, but now and again a smaller team seems to come along and pull it out. Makes it much more interesting from that POV.


That was just a stream of consciousness. But I think I know what I mean

[Hollowman]

The NFL is an enclosed ecosystem though. There is no relegation/promotion (easier for teams to cope with lean/rebuilding periods), all teams are subject to the same tax laws, and they've got cast iron ownership and labour agreements that are effectively enforced. That would be difficult enough in a league with fluid membership like the PL (or the Football League - see QPR and their massive outstanding fines), and nigh on impossible in a cross-nation set-up.

[Chazza]

Seahawks need a score sharpish

16-0 down to the packers at home.

[Chazza]

Wilson has gone to ****.

[Hollowman]

Packers didn't turn those picks into many points though. Four turnovers, six points. Could pay dearly for that. Seattle are a fourth quarter team.

[Chazza]

True.

They are going to need a huge one here.

[Hollowman]

Another deflected pick, and that'll be that.

[spud_gun]

QBR of 7 in the NFC Championship game is pretty ****ing remarkable.

[Chazza]

All on the kick off now.