Did FA ruin this league?
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No, it keeps all the teams close from top to bottom. If we had to rely on our drafts over the last 10 years, we would be a 4 win team.
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Not at all. The off season can be even more interesting than the regular season, as the league traffics in hope that your team could just be a player or two away from relevance. Parity is the name of the game for all 32 teams in all 32 markets, and free agency is key to that.
Not only that, but the players have a union, and this is America, so no indentured servitude right?
If your a great coach at developing talent and a great GM at drafting talent it certainly has hurt your program. If your on the opposite side of the equation it works the opposite and allows those clubs to buy some wins. As far as the players it's a finacial windfall. It's definitely made the NFL game much more mercenary and has now bled over to the universities and colleges where our wealthiest Americans boosters are now buying wins for their college programs instead of investing that wealth into education of the youth of our nation. Not a good look for the USA imo.
I would like to know what you mean by "ruined"... it's hard to answer your question because that term, to me, has some sort of personal definition, meaning, the reason YOU personally aren't as interested.
I don't think free agency has ruined it; it adds interest, allows teams to rebuild faster if they're smart.
Things that have "ruined" the NFL:
1. the officiating
2. playoff games on pay-only streaming sites
3. the inability to watch out of market games at a reasonable price.
4. ticket prices
5. prime time games and playoff games that start on the east coast at 8:20pm. People who get up for work before 5am can't realistically watch them.
6. Overseas games (I don't like teams losing a home game)
7. The NFL's greed (I don't see it as capitalism. I think they prioritize money more now over the fan experience than they did in the past)
Those are the things that have killed my love for football to a certain degree.
**Let's not even get into college football where a secret panel of illuminati "votes" an undefeated program out of a playoff so a bigger money maker can participate.
I don't think free agency has ruined it; it adds interest, allows teams to rebuild faster if they're smart.
Things that have "ruined" the NFL:
1. the officiating
2. playoff games on pay-only streaming sites
3. the inability to watch out of market games at a reasonable price.
4. ticket prices
5. prime time games and playoff games that start on the east coast at 8:20pm. People who get up for work before 5am can't realistically watch them.
6. Overseas games (I don't like teams losing a home game)
7. The NFL's greed (I don't see it as capitalism. I think they prioritize money more now over the fan experience than they did in the past)
Those are the things that have killed my love for football to a certain degree.
**Let's not even get into college football where a secret panel of illuminati "votes" an undefeated program out of a playoff so a bigger money maker can participate.
Hah.,... The Universities are mercenaries at the academic level all on their own.
They should be required to pay back student loans for taking the money and enrolling kids that they were aware were unqualified. I understand everyone deserves a chance, but many were done a total disservice and the students and US taxpayer were left with the tab, while the enrollment offices didn't give two ***** about whether those kids were likely to, or put in a position to succeed.
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Ray R
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There is that "magic word", contract.
When anyone signs a contract, they are obligated to what it says.
Don't like it?
Don't sign it.
That is all!
Ray R
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Immaterial!
Now what have you got?
Oh yes, the players can have their agents and attorneys to help them, so there is that! - LOL
That is definitely part of the issue I never see discussed in our media our universities and colleges handing out a sub par product on which they are paid up front by both students and student loans and are held to no accountability on the back end. Instead our media paints a picture that both those providing the loans and the rich US taxpayers should be held accountable for the students indebtedness. The college gets all the money up front first, the student who made the decision to financially give that money to that institution hopefully for "their" own education are second in line and third those institutions and taxpayers assisting in the process third. It's completely backwards on accountability on the back end. Completely backwards. The NFL should be the ones financially supporting their college football farm leagues which is what our clege football programs have become.
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The daily fantasy football crap is what made the NFL’s popularity explode, if you ask me. Or fantasy football, in general.
utahphinsfan
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An argument could be made that Favre, Elway, or even Namath was the 1st diva QB.
Fantasy football yes. Daily fantasy football o. That’s just an excuse for degenerate gamblers to tell their wives they aren’t really gambling when in fact they are just throwing their money away.
Fantasy football is an entertaining hobby that no doubt helps the NFL with the non die hard crowd. Well worth it even if you don’t win money.
utahphinsfan
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I was thinking that's a mighty big rooster.