Comments on: No 18-Game Season

By: Bill S

Bill S — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:49:17 +0000

Why not a 34 game schedule, 6 weeks of pre-season 4 bye weeks and 8 weeks for play-offs? You’d all watch that wouldn’t you?

No. I wouldn’t. The season is long enough as is. Expanding out and you run the risk, like other league’s of there being throw-away games. It already happens to teams who are in week divisions at the end of the year. Adding games makes it forgivable for fans to miss games and permissible to shrug off a loss. I don’t want a baseball scenario where every team can lose a third of its games, will win a third, and the rest determines the winners (But 18 is divisible by 3, and 16 isn’t, so parity will dictate a lot of 6-6 teams in November).

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:36:37 +0000

Expand the rosters, have 2 bye weeks during the season. A player can get hurt in week 1 or week 21. It’s a natural progression of the game. The journey is the reward.

By: rymetyme

rymetyme — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:08:53 +0000

also, keep in mind that the really good teams play 18-20 games each year.

By: rymetyme

rymetyme — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:02:15 +0000

really? 2/3 of you don’t want more meaningful GB Packers games each year? I guess i forgot how much we all love the offseason and preseason. maybe we can have a mid-year pro bowl like the nba, too?

don’t read into the poll more than the question it asks. i’m calling bullshit on most of you.

By: Master Farsheed

Master Farsheed — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:50:16 +0000

Thank God. Man, if last season had been 18 games, the Packers wouldn’t have had anyone left healthy on the squad by the time we made it to the Super Bowl…