Football A Question of Records - Page 2

**Rain Man** · 11-03-2010, 04:42 PM

Someone here mentioned a fact that continues to captivate me.

When Randy Moss got traded, his first team (Patriots) had not yet had their bye week, so he played four weeks for them. Then he reported to the Vikings, who had already had their bye week, so they had 13 games left.

This would mean that, if the buffet line food had been good, he could have played in 17 regular season games this year.

So what happens in a situation where a top-line player gets in this situation and sets a single-season record in the final game of the year? If he's a running back and gets 2,110 yards or a receiver who sets the record for receptions, or a linebacker who gets 23 sacks, does it count as normal? Should he get an asterisk? It's not his fault that he ended up playing in 17 games, and if he had ended up in the opposite situation and fallen five yards short because he only got 15 games in, I doubt that people would be calling for him to be named the record holder.

So what do you do in that situation if you're Roger Goodell's green-visored recordkeeper?

Poll coming.unless I get traded to another board in the next five minutes.

**TimeForWasp** · 11-04-2010, 06:47 AM

and they should win another record for playing the most games in a season

**cdcox** · 11-04-2010, 07:22 AM

Kick him out of the league for cheating.

ReynardMuldrake · 11-04-2010, 08:11 AM

They could pro-rate it by game to make it more even. They will have to figure something out for the longer season or the stats will never match up.

patteeu · 11-04-2010, 09:54 AM

Asterisk it.

KurtCobain · 11-04-2010, 11:22 AM

It depends on their sexual preference.

cosmo20002 · 11-04-2010, 11:38 AM

Take the bye-week situation where a guy could play in 17 games in a 16-game season. Now consider if a guy played Sunday, then gets traded, and then he suits up for his new team--that plays Monday night. That's 18 games in a 16-game season. Blows your mind.

Could happen--I remember a MLB player who played a day game, was traded, then played a night game for his mew team.

**Rain Man** · 11-04-2010, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Take the bye-week situation where a guy could play in 17 games in a 16-game season. Now consider if a guy played Sunday, then gets traded, and then he suits up for his new team--that plays Monday night. That's 18 games in a 16-game season. Blows your mind.

Could happen--I remember a MLB player who played a day game, was traded, then played a night game for his mew team.

And then as mentioned earlier, what if he played in three or four overtime games that each went half a quarter. Now we're up to 18.5 games. We might as well stop keeping records.

I do think I'd be a little ticked off if I was an old-timer who held records in a 12-game season on a per-game basis, but they've been usurped by some 14 or 16 game guy whose per-game average was lower.

View Poll Results: Dude plays 17 games due to trade, gets record. What do you do?
Hey, he got the record. Print it in the books.	33	55.93%
Asterisk it. He got it via a scheduling fluke.	17	28.81%
No record. The records are for 16-game seasons only.	5	8.47%
If it looks like he's close, plant drugs on him and suspend him on Week 17.	2	3.39%
Make a rule ahead of time that says you can only play 16 games a year.	0	0%
Gosh, I don't know.	2	3.39%
Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

11-03-2010, 04:42 PM
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3348491 VARSITY	A Question of Records Someone here mentioned a fact that continues to captivate me. When Randy Moss got traded, his first team (Patriots) had not yet had their bye week, so he played four weeks for them. Then he reported to the Vikings, who had already had their bye week, so they had 13 games left. This would mean that, if the buffet line food had been good, he could have played in 17 regular season games this year. So what happens in a situation where a top-line player gets in this situation and sets a single-season record in the final game of the year? If he's a running back and gets 2,110 yards or a receiver who sets the record for receptions, or a linebacker who gets 23 sacks, does it count as normal? Should he get an asterisk? It's not his fault that he ended up playing in 17 games, and if he had ended up in the opposite situation and fallen five yards short because he only got 15 games in, I doubt that people would be calling for him to be named the record holder. So what do you do in that situation if you're Roger Goodell's green-visored recordkeeper? Poll coming.unless I get traded to another board in the next five minutes.
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11-04-2010, 06:47 AM	#16
TimeForWasp Sprinkle in some Mahomes Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Butte Montana Casino cash: $7678507	and they should win another record for playing the most games in a season
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ReynardMuldrake 2 Legit 2 Colquitt Join Date: Sep 2010 Casino cash: $4535754	They could pro-rate it by game to make it more even. They will have to figure something out for the longer season or the stats will never match up.
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11-04-2010, 11:38 AM	#21
cosmo20002 Debunking your bullshit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: KC area Casino cash: $5220315	Take the bye-week situation where a guy could play in 17 games in a 16-game season. Now consider if a guy played Sunday, then gets traded, and then he suits up for his new team--that plays Monday night. That's 18 games in a 16-game season. Blows your mind. Could happen--I remember a MLB player who played a day game, was traded, then played a night game for his mew team.
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