606 Points In A Season

[Rain Man]

I'll admit that this thread gives me a little hope. We've had the league turn into a scoring derby before, and it's eventually come back to sanity. Admittedly, this is a huge surge and it's the longest sustained surge with no signs yet of slowing down, but maybe at some point saner heads will prevail.

I still stand by my comments, though, that the marketing people are running the league and they don't know about or care about football. That's the part that's scary. Do they even realize that this is a problem?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'll admit that this thread gives me a little hope. We've had the league turn into a scoring derby before, and it's eventually come back to sanity. Admittedly, this is a huge surge and it's the longest sustained surge with no signs yet of slowing down, but maybe at some point saner heads will prevail.

I still stand by my comments, though, that the marketing people are running the league and they don't know about or care about football. That's the part that's scary. Do they even realize that this is a problem?

I don't think they'll figure it out until more fans realize it's a problem and the NFL's bottom line is significantly impacted. Just look at the Chiefs... people were lining up for season tickets because their team that hasn't won a playoff game in 20 years flushed their coaches and GM. They played a bunch of shitty teams in front of sold out crowds. No problems here.

I think it'll be like any other big business... slow to adjust since the focus is on the bottom line, and too big to fail when they finally realize something is wrong.