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The NFL offers true parity to the fans, and they're getting more of the sport fan's entertainment dollar because of it. |
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ill just take 1 percent of that price and im set for life!
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You think Beane's goal is to have all teams having the same chance of winning? Not at all. Beane's goal is to win more than others. The guy is so competitive that he couldn't watch the game, you think he was aiming to be just as good as others?
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The most popular soccer leagues in the world are all top heavy. Balanced ones just don't attract as many fans. I for one like football more when it was all about Cowboys vs. 49ers.
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What exactly is your definition of "true parity?" |
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1) Betting on the game in some form or another. Period 2) I do believe it has to do with pairity. All across the country no matter which team is your team you never feel more than 3 or 4 years away. Keep in mind this is coming from a Lions fan. lmao When was the last time the Padres, Royals, or Pirates fans ever felt they stood a real chance? Granted their ownership doesn't do the things they need to in order to win but in the NFL the system doesn't reward owners for hoarding money. A team like Green Bay could NEVER exist in any other sport.
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My definition, or what I would like to see.
All teams have the same resources to work with. The decisions you make on how to allocate those resources are what ultimely decides if you win and lose on the field. The amount of resources you have isn't decided by your market size, TV contract, or owners pockets. In my perfect sports league all teams would have the exact same budget for scouting, player dev, player salaries. All teams would take whatever income they have and give it to the league and league distribute it equally among all teams. Salary Floors and Caps would be in place to prevent owners from not spending or spending to much. All for one and one for all. I think that the reason the NFL is #1 is that no team is to far away from being competitive keeps all 32 fan bases energized and passionate.
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That is all well and good except the NFL is not #1 in parity. And all 32 teams have just as little chance of winning as teams in other sports.
Teams like the Browns, Jaguars, Bucs, Raiders and Panthers have been bad for almost a decade or over a decade. Teams like the Panthers and Jaguars are in danger of losing their franchises. I just don't see the parity. |
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You may have heard something I have not but never have heard anything about the Panthers re-locating. The Jaguars I have but your going to have teams threat that as long as L.A. is without a team. The best thing ever to happen to the NFL is to have L.A. without a franchise so they can use that to threaten any city that doesn't want to help with a new stadium.
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With only 8 home games a year the prices of tickets are sky high. With only 16 games a year missing one game means you've missed a fair amount of season importance. Missing a NBA game doesn't mean much, missing a MLB game means even less. Football games are also mostly on weekends when far more people aren't working. I imagine that plays a big part.
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Not if you're the Yankees or Soviets.
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You will still get that. I mean there are always teams that are going to be better because better scouting or they have the best player of the league, different organizational philosophies etc. Just because of teams are close in revenue doesn't mean all teams will be the same. Not everyteam will have a Alber Pujols or Peyton Manning.
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Look at WWE, a scripted sports show, with scripts designed to maximize fan interest. You don't see everybody getting the same chance to "win", because that's bad for business. Variety is needed, otherwise you don't have good story lines. However, that means giving minor casts a chance here and there could be useful, but we should never treat all casts as equal.
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Those things are much less likely in leagues that doesn't force parity as much. There are few sports leagues that award bad owners as much as NFL.
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But, I don't think baseball really needs to operate in the manner you called though. I am of the philosophy that, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Professional baseball has endured for 140 years (The MLB-style World Series playoffs for 113 years.) And it continues to endure with high ratings. |
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My own team the Tigers are lucky to become relevant when they did. I was old enough to remember when I was a kid when the Tigers were good, but my brother who is 5 years younger couldn't remember a Tigers team there ever was relevant. All he could remember is 15 years of some pretty bad baseball. It was crazieness talking to him and his buddies and how little they cared for baseball as a result. Some of them came to the game when the Tigers made their run in 2006 but some did not. They just didn't get why people liked baseball and the reason they didn't is because they didn't grow up watching it. These kids were huge sports fans but just not baseball fans and the Tigers not being good had a HUGE reason to do with that. Luckily the Tigers are relevant and sure enough my cousin's kids are talking about Tigers and go as far to argue over who the #5 starter should be.
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