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Originally Posted by dkgo
Not sure what youd propose to fix the "bad system". The playoffs are what people care about thus where the media money is coming from. Regular season games are irrelevant and most mean absolutely nothing once you get past May and half the league is tanking. Only gambling degenerates are watching the marlins vs padres. So your goals of "not watering down the regular season" and "increasing regular season revenue" work against each other.
The NFL regular season is perfectly interesting every week. The NBA's problem is that there are maybe 10 players good enough to matter and they all want to play on the same team so you enter the season with less than 5 real contenders.
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I don't know what the fix is, but that doesn't mean it isn't still a problem. The way the baseball season is currently constructed you actually have a good number of deserving clubs that qualify and the one game elimination really makes winning your division a priority. As for the NFL, I disagree about it being interesting each week. There are a lot of bad teams and a lot of bad games (especially after week 12) that are simply not interesting unless you are a gambler or playing fantasy football. I much prefer college football who have their own issue with illegal recruiting, but do keep the integrity of their regular season in tact. I don't necessarily disagree with you about the NBA. Although, I don't have a problem with the players taking control of their own careers and working together. I guess we just have a different perspective on things which I can respect.