Some Chiefs fans seem to have some fantasies about the league being rigged against them yesterday instead of chalking up any bad calls to standard ref incompetence.
Iâm with you in spirit, but a million a year is not enough.
Itâs not just the convenience factor. At some level of wealth, the liability of driving a car is just not worth it. Might as well just foist that on to some uber driver.
" WFT co-CEO Tanya Snyder confirmed that the final eight candidates were Armada, Presidents, Brigade, Redhawks, Commanders, RedWolves, Defenders and Football Team."
âHowever, WFT president Jason Wright wrote on the team website that it would not be Wolves or RedWolves, due to trademarks held by other teams. Wright acknowledged that it was a fan favorite, but that it wouldnât work.â
First, I hope there was a reason why âRedWolvesâ was one word. Second, hoo boy, is that a terrible list of possible names. OF COURSE most were going to be government or military-related. jfc. Redhawks, I guess.
I like âFootball Teamâ. Simple. Speaks to the heart of what it is.
Have you seen them play?
4 Likes
Okay. âBad Football Teamâ then.
1 Like
They could just rotate taking knees every down and play to a 0-0 tie. I wonder what kind of fines they would get.
Wouldnât they just make this specific game sudden death to get around that?
They canât change the rules now.
After looking this up, I believe this would come under the extraordinary unfair acts section of the NFL rulebook. There would be fines, forfeited draft picks, and suspensions of every decision-maker involved.
Once they started doing this, thereâd be a quick phone call from the league and the game would probably be re-started with at least the head coaches tossed.
2 Likes
You canât fix the outcome of a game and trash the integrity of the league. Itâs not the same as trying to destroy democracy.
1 Like
Yeah, this. I could see both teams playing super vanilla low-risk football but both coaches know theyâd be in a world of shit if they took knees all game.
I could see a situation where if the game gets to OT, both coaches go run-run-run-punt the entire time, though.
I donât know exactly what this would look like but it would be nice if there was an incentive structure in pro sports for winning games outside of just striving for title or bust. I know the Euro soccer leagues have relegations and promotions for top and bottom teams. I donât see that happening, but something would be nice to discourage tanking for draft stock. Then again this is what fans have become conditioned to want as well, given the spectacle the NFL draft has become.
Iâm not trying to be old man yells at clouds here, I just feel like all of our sports have become a bit to similar in that itâs the same model. Regular season exists for the purpose of getting to the post season, then try to win a title. Otherwise more losses = top picks of new players. I would like to see at least one pro sports league try to incentive competition in every game rather than create possible scenarios where the nash game theory option is to kneel every play even though like it was said, the league would punish this. Itâs all stick no carrot though.
NFL should make the draft order sort by [losses in weeks 1-15] + [wins in weeks 16-18]. Suck early when everyone is trying to win? OK fine, get a high draft pick. But donât intentionally suck at the end of the season or youâll get a worse draft pick.
1 Like
Giants and Jets are being sued in a class action for $2 billion, with allegations of false advertising, deceptive practices, and RICO.
Because they actually play in NJ. LOL
Watch out, Washington Maryland Football Team. Youâre next.
One suggestion Iâd heard to reduce tanking in the NBA is to base the lottery #s on the date a team is eliminated (earliest=highest chance of top pick), so at least down the stretch you donât have multiple teams just rolling over game after game. Donât think this would work as well in the NFL since teams in weak divisions could be really bad but still not mathematically out until week 16 or something, also with such a short season youâll have weeks where 6 teams get eliminated at once and you still have to do a bunch of tiebreakers to sort em.
Interesting. I wonder if itâs too late to sue for all those Detroit Lions games I went to in Pontiac. Not for any false advertising reasons, but I paid to watch professional football and got⌠well, the Lions.
