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NFL owners want to make more money — just like the rest of us. But they are making a mistake by pushing for a schedule that includes 18 regular season games. Yes, we all hate preseason NFL games but the solution isn’t adding even more bruising to the already hellish physical toll the players put on the body each and every season.
The latest news has NFL owners pushing for the 18-game schedule as of the 2012 season. Here are five reasons why this is a mistake:
1. Too Many Injuries
Each NFL season is impacted by injuries. Adding two more games to a season will create a significant increase in injuries — especially late in the season with players who aren’t used to playing so much football.
2. Statistics Ruined
Season records will never be the same. Career records will need asterisks. Basically, it’ll be a mess.
3. Watered Down Talent
If more games are added to the schedule, the active rosters will be expanded. Expanded rosters will cause the talent in the league to be watered down.
4. Americans Don’t Want More
Right now isn’t the time to add more to our plate. Paying for more regular season games isn’t possible with the downturn in the economy. Plus, our attention span can only take so much.
5. Too Much Tanking
If you think tanking is bad now, wait until an 18-game schedule is put into affect. Teams could conceivably lock up a playoff spot and go on vacation for a month at the end of the season.
Roger Goodell would be making a mistake with an 18 game schedule (Image: Zuma Press)
Why would anyone be forced to pay for more games? Aren’t season ticket holders usually forced already to pay for the preseason games? This is a bad argument – at least with the 18-game schedule season ticket holders would be closer to getting their money’s worth.
Your first reason is complete nonsense. The 2 regular season games would replace two preseason games where there is a near equal opportunity for injuries to occur. Granted, starters play less in those games, but injuries can happen anytime…sometimes even in practice.
Reason 2 is also ridiculous….there is a presumption (and a false one at that) that this is the way its always been, when in fact the season has expanded before. Does that mean that invalidated statistics from before that point? No.
Reason 5 is laughable…if you think teams lay down now, what has really changed? The flip side is that a close race for playoff spots would be more exciting with more games.
Reason 3 ….there maybe some legitimate aspects of, but you make it sound a little too dramatic. There are good players out there that don’t make the cut on rosters, this will give them an opportunity to play.
And Reason 4 is just your opinion. You may not want more, but who exactly made your opinion the authority on what everyone wants?