Well...that doesn't sound very respectable.
Any Baltimore Sports Fans here?
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Well...that doesn't sound very respectable.
A playoff system doesn't seem to have destroyed the NFL. Or any of the other NCAA sports that use one (i.e. all of them except Division I football).
Let me be more specific. A playoff would destroy what is now the unique nature of the college football season. The NFL is not exactly a perfect refutation of that. Once a team has clinched a spot in the playoffs, they tend to coast. It's been one of the hottest discussion subjects up until the playoffs began. In the college game, you lose one game and your chances of making the championship are almost eliminated. Please note I said "almost". Now what will happen if we have a college playoff in football? Take a look at the basketball season. Post-season conference tournaments and the 64 team BIG tournament (the NCAA wants to expand it to 96). Nearly all of the suspense has been removed from the regular season.
Go to a plus-1 or at most Stewart Mandel's plan, and the beauty of the college football regular season is maintained to a decent degree while they make more money.
I have no interest in the Dr. Scholls Foot Insert Bowl.
Any particular reason why?
Yeah, that's what happened, just like MLB said. It's part of why I was a bit annoyed with Browns fans when Model moved the team to Baltimore. Colts fans had more to be ticked about.
Still, Irsay is long gone, and nobody is left with the organization that was part of that gutless move. Plus, I've long been a great admirer of Tony Dungy and later of Peyton Manning. Hence, why I tend to like the Colts myself. But... and this is almost as big a but as Kim Kardashian's ... I didn't grow up a Baltimore Colts fan, so I sympathize with you, steve1961.
Franchises up and moving really sucks for the fans. Just look at when Warren Moon had his number retired... in Tennessee.
David Stern comes across as either corrupt or a total yes man for the owners when the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City. Vancouver got the Grizzlies for five whole years before they moved to Memphis. And the Charlotte Hornets owner was allowed to take a thriving team, run it to the ground and then move it to New Orleans. I guess of all the pro sports leagues, the NBA is the most screwed up (especially when the Spurs can sell out every game in their state of the art arena, win a lot of games and still lose money).
Though it was funny when Ken Behring tried to pull an Irsay and moved the Seahawks to Los Angeles, but the NFL didn't want a buffoon like him ruling the L.A. market and made him come back.
David Stern comes across as either corrupt or a total yes man for the owners when the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City. Vancouver got the Grizzlies for five whole years before they moved to Memphis. And the Charlotte Hornets owner was allowed to take a thriving team, run it to the ground and then move it to New Orleans. I guess of all the pro sports leagues, the NBA is the most screwed up (especially when the Spurs can sell out every game in their state of the art arena, win a lot of games and still lose money).
Though it was funny when Ken Behring tried to pull an Irsay and moved the Seahawks to Los Angeles, but the NFL didn't want a buffoon like him ruling the L.A. market and made him come back.
