Football Owners' Meeting Scuttlebutt

Discuss Thrower · 03-23-2015, 11:37 AM

First, this morsel of information:

One coach to me at NFL Owners meetings...looks like we're getting rid of extra points
— trey wingo (@wingoz) March 23, 2015

Also, King Carl's dream scenario:

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A year ago, the NFL seemed to be poised to expand the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams, effective in 2015. And then someone apparently realized that it didn’t make much sense to expand the playoffs before the year in which the playoffs would be expanded.

So it’s now 2015, and there’s no proposal for expanding the playoffs as the league meetings commence — along with plenty of talk that there won’t be expansion of the playoffs this year. So Peter King of TheMMQB.com asked Commissioner Roger Goodell why the subject had cooled.

“I don’t think it’s cooled at all,” Goodell said. “There are a lot of factors that go into it. One, we want to be right when we do it. . . . It’s something that we think has got a lot of merit from a competitive side, because it would actually add more teams to the race as you get toward the end of the season. There’s the broadcasting side of it. When would you play that extra game?”

More here, including Florio throwing shade on the NFL's exploitation of college football.

Discus.

**The Franchise** · 03-23-2015, 11:41 AM

So you basically either just choose to accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 2 point conversion?

Sofa King · 03-23-2015, 11:48 AM

They need to stop ****ing with the game so much. Most games are unwatchable at this point and the rule changes are getting ridiculous. There's no actual in-game drama, only off the field drama.

**Rausch** · 03-23-2015, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Sofa King

They need to stop ****ing with the game so much.

This.

They have all the ratings they'll ever need and with fantasy sports their profits are insanely huge.

Don't change the game - uphold it's integrity...

Lonewolf Ed · 03-23-2015, 11:53 AM

These people know what they are doing! They know this sport has been a train wreck of a cluster fornication for decades and it has to be fixed NOW! The rules are totally whacked out and need to be set right!

Please turn on your sarcasm meters if you thought I was serious.

**TribalElder** · 03-23-2015, 11:57 AM

They should just have robots simulate the games and tell us the outcome

Much easier then watching the humans play while being influenced by human officiating

**ChiTown** · 03-23-2015, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

So you basically either just choose to accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 2 point conversion?

99.4% of all XP's were made last year. I agree, get rid of it and pick up the pace of the game.

**hometeam** · 03-23-2015, 11:58 AM

An adding teams or reducing or changing point structure rules changes made now are purely so they can add more commercial break opportunities or promote making money, NOT for the integrity of the game.

**hometeam** · 03-23-2015, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

99.4% of all XP's were made last year. I agree, get rid of it and pick up the pace of the game.

Pace of game wont change, they will run an extra commercial. Think about it.

RunKC · 03-23-2015, 12:02 PM

They've already ****ed up the integrity of the game by adding the dumpster fire that is k nown as Thursday Night Football.

Excitement won't be quite the same as it was but people will still watch

**morphius** · 03-23-2015, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hometeam

Pace of game wont change, they will run an extra commercial. Think about it.

Yup, going to have to replace that commercial time somewhere. ugh.

**Rain Man** · 03-23-2015, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

So you basically either just choose to accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 2 point conversion?

Or is it accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 1 point conversion?

As such, they aren't eliminating the 1 point conversion. They're eliminating the 2 point conversion and changing the format of the 1 point conversion to disallow kicking.

That's deep and minding, I think.

**The Franchise** · 03-23-2015, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Or is it accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 1 point conversion?

As such, they aren't eliminating the 1 point conversion. They're eliminating the 2 point conversion and changing the format of the 1 point conversion to disallow kicking.

That's deep and minding, I think.

Then every team would be going for the 2 point conversion.

**morphius** · 03-23-2015, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

Then every team would be going for the 2 point conversion.

Would probably be 7 points for the TD, 8 if you convert the 2 point conversation and dropped to 6 if you fail.

Reerun_KC · 03-23-2015, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dicky McElephant

So you basically either just choose to accept the 7 points or choose to go for the 2 point conversion?

I love that idea...

XP and FG's are basically worthless, unless you chance the points on them..

Say

FG's yardage
0-20 = 1 point
20-30 = 2 points
30-40 = 3 points
40-50 = 4 points
50+ = 5 points
Any Miss = -1 point

IF that doesn't work, then abandon FG's all together.....

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