How would you MNGA (Make the NFL Great Again)??

[Fosco33]

1. Expand active rosters to 65 (no practice squad), ramp to 70 in last 4 weeks (think Baseball) and rethink IR as more like the DL...
2. More padded practices... teach people how to take a fricken hit
3. Eliminate 2 preseason games
4. Eliminate Thur football (except Turkey day)
5. Add another bye week - early or late bye weeks are bullshit
6. Revamp OT rules (like college) - no more ties
7. Use college targeting rules - toss the idiots for half the next game
8. Use college catch rules (imagine OBJ only needing one foot in bounds)
9. Add technology - ball placement, TD rushes, etc are very solvable
10. ‘Grade’ concussions, add tech to helmets to track dings BUT also take helmets back a generation

[3irty1]

1. Offer streaming service direct to customers with all games, redzone, all-22's, etc.
2. Get accelerometers and telematics in every football helmet in America. Establish a database in conjunction with athletic associations at every level of football so a player's acceleration records are available for analytics at every point in their football career.
3. 100 million dollar anti-soccer advertising campaign.
4. Have NFL come out with line of essential oils for treating football injuries marketed at moms.
5. Replace the probowl with a televised game of Madden where the two best gamers in the world play each other using the pro bowl rosters.
6. Replace all walks and runs in support of breast cancer/MS/TB/Aids research to instead benefit a search for a cure to hamstring injuries.
7. Bring back the peeing troughs at Lambeau.
8. Initiate rule where all teams that play in domes must wear skirts
9. Revert all other game time rules to those of the year 1990.
10. Eliminate all drug testing and abolish banned substances list.

[red]

great list, i like all of them

but add. bring the big hits back

these guys get paid a shit ton to beat the hell out of each other. allow them to do it

[MadScientist]

Most of those are good, but I'd rather ties than the gimicky college OT rule. I think helmets need to go forward a generation, not back - change it so the outer layer is not a hard layer, but a cushioned, flexible layer, with a stiffer protection layer in the middle with foam/air fitting around the head. Possibly some other tricks to have the helmet take the impact but not transmit it to the head.

[Harlan Huckleby]

1. Expand active rosters to 65 (no practice squad), ramp to 70 in last 4 weeks (think Baseball) and rethink IR as more like the DL...
2. More padded practices... teach people how to take a fricken hit
3. Eliminate 2 preseason games
4. Eliminate Thur football (except Turkey day)
5. Add another bye week - early or late bye weeks are bullshit
6. Revamp OT rules (like college) - no more ties
7. Use college targeting rules - toss the idiots for half the next game
8. Use college catch rules (imagine OBJ only needing one foot in bounds)
9. Add technology - ball placement, TD rushes, etc are very solvable
10. ‘Grade’ concussions, add tech to helmets to track dings BUT also take helmets back a generation

I like most of your ideas. I would add that college has no challenges, manages to review every play without slowing game down a bit. The NFL challenge gamesmanship is boring and deeply stupid. Just get rid of it.

I think most of your suggestions are no-brainers and will eventually happen. But they are never going to bring hitting back to practices. And forget red's call to bring back the violent hitting - red is a blood thirsty savage who should be shunned by modern people. Maybe there is room for a new professional league that is more violent, but the NFL is too big time to fight the huge societal tide against brain injury.

[Rutnstrut]

great list, i like all of them

but add. bring the big hits back

these guys get paid a shit ton to beat the hell out of each other. allow them to do it

Well if they are going to be allowed to juice as in 31's #10. Then you HAVE to allow the roid rage to flow.

[wist43]

1. Bring back Chuck Cecil.
2. Get rid of drug testing.
3. Get rid of the dyke refs.
4. 1970's rules
5. Bring back Howard Cosell and Don Merideth
6. Play the National Anthem twice just to piss off Democrats.
7. Encourage cocaine and marijuana usage by players - hand out free joints to fans at the games.

[wthigoot]

1. Expand active rosters to 65 (no practice squad), ramp to 70 in last 4 weeks (think Baseball) and rethink IR as more like the DL...
2. More padded practices... teach people how to take a fricken hit
3. Eliminate 2 preseason games
4. Eliminate Thur football (except Turkey day)
5. Add another bye week - early or late bye weeks are bullshit
6. Revamp OT rules (like college) - no more ties
7. Use college targeting rules - toss the idiots for half the next game
8. Use college catch rules (imagine OBJ only needing one foot in bounds)
9. Add technology - ball placement, TD rushes, etc are very solvable
10. ‘Grade’ concussions, add tech to helmets to track dings BUT also take helmets back a generation

Two thumbs up for almost all of that list. Unsure - what does "take helmets back a generation" mean?

No game day inactives - if they're on the roster, they can play. Never understood that one.
Keep the cut down to 53 and allow waiver claims right after (for competitive balance), but then let the rosters get bigger, and as stated no practice squad. Like the idea of loosening the IR as well, come back anytime after 3 weeks.

It seems like the kickoff is being made more like a punt. Maybe it should be a punt.

All teams have a bye in either week 8 or 9. Or just have a single empty week where everyone has a bye.

Going to the college catch rule would even out for eliminating the force-out call. Like that idea.

I am OK with ties but I like the 15 minute overtime. There were hardly any ties when that was the rule.

Other ones:

More points for longer scoring plays.
More points for longer fields goals.
Drop some of the rules for formations and motion (but no need to go quite as far as the CFL).

[Harlan Huckleby]

1. Bring back Chuck Cecil.
2. Get rid of drug testing.
3. Get rid of the dyke refs.
4. 1970's rules
5. Bring back Howard Cosell and Don Merideth
6. Play the National Anthem twice just to piss off Democrats.
7. Encourage cocaine and marijuana usage by players - hand out free joints to fans at the games.

I can meet you halfway on most of these. Maybe a halftime pledge of allegiance instead of two anthems - better pacing. And you need to ease up on the dykes, they're good people with a job to do. Maybe we can draw the line at lipstick lesbians.

[pbmax]

1. Bring back Chuck Cecil.
2. Get rid of drug testing.
3. Get rid of the dyke refs.
4. 1970's rules
5. Bring back Howard Cosell and Don Merideth
6. Play the National Anthem twice just to piss off Democrats.
7. Encourage cocaine and marijuana usage by players - hand out free joints to fans at the games.

Chuck Cecil was a TERRIBLE safety and I am deducting 10% off all your other defensive football takes for this suggestion.

[pbmax]

1. Stick'um
2. Tear away jerseys
3. All rules rest to BEFORE Bert Emanuel's catch was ruled to have touched the ground. All rule replaced problems stem from this fine tuning.

[Cheesehead Craig]

1. TDs greater than 50 yards count for 8 points.
2. Lower ticket prices by 50%, Make Football Affordable Again.
3. Officially name the Packers "America's Team".
4. Blow up Jerry-World. With him in it.
5. If a stadium doesn't have enough room around it for at least 50% of the fans to tailgate, start demolishing buildings to make it so. Yes, tailgating is that essential to the gameday experience.
6. Fire Goddell, figure out how to clone Pete Rozelle as a 30 yr old man and give him a contract for life. Then keep cloning him. Lather, rinse, repeat.
7. Get rid of all the fakey patriotism bullshit. Stop taking money from the armed forces and have them spend it on their troops.
8. Stop showing advertisers logos on TV when the cameras are on the cheerleaders.
9. While we're at it, stop showing spouses or families of players and whatever celebrity is in attendance.

[mraynrand]

6. Fire Goddell, figure out how to clone Pete Rozelle as a 30 yr old man and give him a contract for life. Then keep cloning him. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Fire up the axlotl tanks!

[texaspackerbacker]

The NFL is still pretty great right now. For a fairly reasonable amount, people all over the country can see their team. Contrast to the NBA or MLB where you're lucky to see 10% of Wisconsin teams' games if you are out of the local market.

All the shit about concussions detracts from it - for the money these guys make, they should have the risk of scrambled brains - or if not, they can go all Chris Borland and pass up the big money. I would say ditto that for stupid safety shit in general except that would jeopardize the one and only player keeping the Packers at or near the top. Do whatever technology-wise, but don't legislate wimp rules regarding hits (unless it's Aaron Rodgers getting hit hahahaha).

Lower ticket prices are a matter of supply and demand - it would be unAmerican to force them lower. If they're too high, people will stop buying them - but of course, that ain't happening.

Cutting out at least two preseason games is a good idea. Increasing rosters a little bit - not up to 65 - wouldn't hurt also; Let teams have a "relief kicker" on hand if needed hahahaha. I'd rather see college fb adopt the pro pass catch rule on the sideline instead of vice versa. I don't see any benefit in ending Thursday night games or in having an extra bye week.

They whine about ties, yet they cut it down (stupidly IMO) from 15 to 10 minute OT periods. Go back to 15. I have a radical idea that will never happen, but I'll throw it out there: don't let a field goal win. If a team kicks a FG in OT, give them a 1st and ten and play on. If they miss, the other team gets the ball like now. First TD wins. No win on a Safety also, but the other team gets the ball at the previous line of scrimmage, even if it's the 1 yard line.

[pbmax]

Fire up the axlotl tanks!

I was just listening to this in the car this year.