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02-24-2020, 12:54 PM | #21 |
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It's like I said. I don't believe a team that simply has a winning record should be in the playoffs unless they win the division. I certainly don't think a .500 team should get the chance as a wildcard. |
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02-24-2020, 06:40 PM | #23 |
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There should be 32 divisions with 1 team in each division. The winner of each division makes the playoffs. That should settle it.
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Re 9-7 & 8-8 teams in the playoffs...
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- Both times that a sub-.500 team made the playoffs it was because they won their (pathetic) division. - Of the 8 teams to make the playoffs with records worse than 9-7, 5 of those were division winners - Had the seven-playoff-teams-per-conference been in effect in the 18 years since realignment, no sub-.500 teams would've grabbed the 7th seed. One 8-7-1 and eight 8-8 teams would've have gotten in. 17 teams with a 9-7 record would've made it, along with 10 teams with records better than 9-7. Not that it would ever be considered, but if the NFL is to expand its playoffs as they are planning, I'd like to see that - except for division winners - a winning % that exceeds .500 would be required for entry into the playoffs. So, in the case where only six teams qualify, the #2 seed would get a bye... (Again, never gonna happen.) The bottom line for me is that I'm generally in favor of the extra team making the playoffs because, as I previously noted, I like the two extra playoff games, and I also like that it rewards (with a bye) an actual accomplishment. So when that extra playoff team is at least 9-7 - which, based upon history, will be 75% of the time - cool. When that extra team is 8-8? Not so cool, but hopefully not that often. |
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Like I said, instead of 8 divisions they went to 6 some time in the future, better teams would make the playoffs and maybe 14 teams would work better. |
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02-26-2020, 09:10 AM | #26 |
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I'm disappointed this comment hasn't received more love. What is wrong with you people!!!
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02-26-2020, 09:23 AM | #27 |
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I don't think the argument should be that the extra playoff team isn't good enough since NFL teams are all pretty close. You will get an occasional deep run and more likely than two extra decent games from adding two teams, but you are diluting the value of the regular season games. It isn't as exciting when you can just write off losses since you are always still in the playoff race until the end.
The NBA regular season is completely pointless and half the teams in the playoffs have absolutely no chance at winning the championship. On the other extreme in the NHL the #1 seeds lose all the time and sometimes get swept because there is basically no difference between teams so all you are trying to do is get in. Last edited by dkgo; 02-26-2020 at 09:25 AM. |
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I follow football, and start watching some around mid-November, but this will certainly not make me watch more, and I will be less likely to watch 6 playoff games that opening weekend than I have been to watch 4. At a certain point it fades into noise and 9 hours in front of the TV for less than an hour of action is asking too much.
I think I have been spoiled by European soccer. I can get up at 7.30, by noon I have watched two full games and I have the afternoon and evening free. I probably wasn't going to do much else in the morning, but if I watch TV in the afternoon of a weekend I am missing out on things I would much rather do, for the most part.
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02-26-2020, 05:44 PM | #31 |
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Love watching soccer and going to games. I like to know that I'm getting 95 minutes of play with a 15 minute halftime. No games going on for three and a half hours.
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More playoff teams means the last weeks of the season will be worse and more awkward. For top teams, the end of the regular season would become the pre-season for the playoffs, where winning is secondary and conditioning is more important.
Just look at all the sports format with qualifying rounds and later elimination rounds and you'll see the same. To make the qualifying rounds more exciting, you need fewer qualifying spots. NBA teams has demonstrated how top teams don't care about the regular season much, and more mediocre teams fighting for the last few spots have not generated exciting games, because they are mediocre teams.
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