Something you love about the NFL--and something you'd change

[RashanGary]

I love the unique blend of stategy and gladiator-like brutality.

I'd change the way tickets are distributed. Season tickets would only be held for up to three years and the owner would have to show photo ID for at least half of the games of the season (to prove they were not jsut being scalped). I think someone had this idea a while back and I like it. I think it woudl get better crowds and make the team more accessable to all the fans.

[Rastak]

I'd agree with your first item


What I'd change? Figure out how to keep the action moving a bit more. Kickoff-----3 minutes of commercials. Somebody gets hurt....3 minutes of commercials. Punt....3 minutes of commercials.

Ends up 60 minutes of actions 60 minutes standing around 60 minutes of commercials.

[RashanGary]

I hear ya there. If they changed that, they'd prolly have to charge us. I think of watching commercials as paying for the game.

[Brando19]

I'd agree with your first item


What I'd change? Figure out how to keep the action moving a bit more. Kickoff-----3 minutes of commercials. Somebody gets hurt....3 minutes of commercials. Punt....3 minutes of commercials.

Ends up 60 minutes of actions 60 minutes standing around 60 minutes of commercials.

Haha....
Madden: "Oh no, a player is injured on the field!"
Michaels: "He has ten seconds to get off the field or the horses will drag him off."

Ras' dream come true!

I love the sport. I love almost everything about the NFL. The only thing I would change is the bitching and moaning for more and more money. There needs to be a league set wage for rookies (assuming the round drafted). Does Vince Young deserve all that money? No.

[Rastak]

" Hoses will drag him off".......LOL



I like your change idea though.

[BallHawk]

Love.....The fact that you always have new teams coming up (save the Lions) and new teams going down. The salary cap allows that you'll never see Yankees-like baseball scenario. I like the fairness of it all.

Hate.....I would of put the overpaying of 1st-round draft picks, but seeing that's already been said I'll take something else. I hate the OT rules. I don't care what statistics are produced, every team should get the ball once with a chance to score. College overtime is exciting and at the end nobody can complain "Well, if we only would of called tails....."

[Jimx29]

Haha....
Madden: "Oh no, a player is injured on the field!"
Michaels: "He has ten seconds to get off the field or the horses will drag him off."

I prefer the way Australian rules football plays out. Break a leg or arm or whatever and the play continues around you.
At least that's how I recall it from back in the 80's when espn used that sport to fill their schedule. Now mind you, the 80's are kind of a haze to me......

[Cheesehead Craig]

Like:

[bobblehead]

Love.....The fact that you always have new teams coming up (save the Lions) and new teams going down. The salary cap allows that you'll never see Yankees-like baseball scenario. I like the fairness of it all.

Hate.....I would of put the overpaying of 1st-round draft picks, but seeing that's already been said I'll take something else. I hate the OT rules. I don't care what statistics are produced, every team should get the ball once with a chance to score. College overtime is exciting and at the end nobody can complain "Well, if we only would of called tails....."

one of the very few things I like about the NBA is that the team that drafted a guy (or last team with his rights) can offer more money than any other team. It allows a build and maintain strategy. Not sure how that could work with a roster of 53 guys though.

[channtheman]

I love the playoff system. It is way better than the college BCS and way more exciting at the end of the season when teams are fighting for their chance to make it.

I would change the penalties for off field behavior and illegal substance abuse by making them more strict. I don't care who you are, one time and you're done. That would put a quick stop to any of that kind of crap.

[Patler]

I long for the "good old days" - leather helmets; two-way players; ball shaped like a flattened basketball.

Seriously, I would like to see two things:

On the administrative side - a rookie pay scale that reasonably reflects the risk that even a high draft choice will turn out to be a flop in the pros.

On the competitive side - some control over substitutions. There are too many specialty packages right now, 5 receivers, three TEs, nickel, dime, etc.; and too many specialists among the players - 3rd down specialty backs, pass rush specialists, long snappers, punt returners who do little else, kickoff returners who may or may not return punts, or do anything else, etc., etc. Teams have even used kickoff specialists different from their placekicker. This all came about as roster sizes increased. With smaller rosters they would have room for fewer of the specialists, and players would be more well-rounded.

[denverYooper]

On the competitive side - some control over substitutions. There are too many specialty packages right now, 5 receivers, three TEs, nickel, dime, etc.; and too many specialists among the players - 3rd down specialty backs, pass rush specialists, long snappers, punt returners who do little else, kickoff returners who may or may not return punts, or do anything else, etc., etc. Teams have even used kickoff specialists different from their placekicker. This all came about as roster sizes increased. With smaller rosters they would have room for fewer of the specialists, and players would be more well-rounded.

Spencer Larsen agrees.

[sheepshead]

Stole mine Pat:

A rookie salary cap NOW. The first round of the NFL draft is the biggest, most expensive crap shoot in all of sports. I'd love to see a first round boycott one year. Until then, I hope TT trades out every time.

I love how the game has become faster and bigger. Anyone see the 85 packer/bear game a few weeks ago on NFL network? Fridge looked like a full back. No sound system in Lambeau. Zorn looked like...ummm me.

[cpk1994]

Love.....The fact that you always have new teams coming up (save the Lions) and new teams going down. The salary cap allows that you'll never see Yankees-like baseball scenario. I like the fairness of it all.

Hate.....I would of put the overpaying of 1st-round draft picks, but seeing that's already been said I'll take something else. I hate the OT rules. I don't care what statistics are produced, every team should get the ball once with a chance to score. College overtime is exciting and at the end nobody can complain "Well, if we only would of called tails....."

The probelm with College overtime is is that you take away the punting game and the field position battle. It turns a great defensive game that could be tied at 17 to a final score of 48-45. I agree with the rest of your post.

[Zool]

Love.....The fact that you always have new teams coming up (save the Lions) and new teams going down. The salary cap allows that you'll never see Yankees-like baseball scenario. I like the fairness of it all.

Hate.....I would of put the overpaying of 1st-round draft picks, but seeing that's already been said I'll take something else. I hate the OT rules. I don't care what statistics are produced, every team should get the ball once with a chance to score. College overtime is exciting and at the end nobody can complain "Well, if we only would of called tails....."

The probelm with College overtime is is that you take away the punting game and the field position battle. It turns a great defensive game that could be tied at 17 to a final score of 48-45. I agree with the rest of your post.

That same played great defensive game can be over on 1 poor kickoff return coverage and be 23-17.