He wants to play a superbowl overseas. Add a 17th game that will be played in Europe. Move the probowl. I dont have a problem with shortening the draft but he also wants to move it to friday night.
Is all this proposed change ( because none of it has happened yet) good for the NFL or will it hurt its American fan base?
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-draft-time&prov=ap&type=lgns
2007-05-16 17:19:30 · 7 answers · asked by MJMGrand 6 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Goodell is trying to establish himself in the NFL and make the league into his image the same way that Tagliabue did before him.
Goodell's disciplinary policy has helped his popularity and allowd him to explore other options to expand the financial gains of the NFL. The 17th game is not a bad idea, but I think that the game schedule should remain solely in the US during the regular season. As for a friday night draft move, Goodell is looking solely at improving ratings. However, since there are a great many things on at that time which would compete for the ratings, the friday night option is not very good. Also, do not expect the Super Bowl to move outside of the US border and the Pro Bowl will end up staying in Hawaii since the game is seen more as an excursion than an actual knock down, drag out war that we would expect to see in the regular season.
Goodell wants to impress the NFL, the owners, the teams, and the fans with his new ideas and "outside the box" thinking. However, Roger should also take a step back and breathe. He needs to take it all in and not be in such a hurry to try and supplant his predecessor's presence. However, I do like how he has not mentioned anything about trying to move ANOTHER football team to L.A. (that city had 3 chances throughout the history of the NFL, so enough is enough).
2007-05-16 18:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by icehoundxx 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unlike the other people I belive its a great idea to play a 17th game in a diffrent country. The super bowl will always stay in the USA. Thats not even a consideration. However its a great buisness move to have 8 games a year in a diffrent country. You could arrange it so that each team has there off week the week after there world wide game. This would ease the traveling stress. If you move the game to other places your going to produce more fans worldwide which will turn into mor revenue in the future. Also you give all the US Military already in countrys like Germany a chance to go to a actual football game. You play games in the local tv time so that more people can watch them. In the US it would not effect the normal fan too much. With the exception that once a season there hometeam plays a game at who knows what time. Statisticly there would be new records every year with the added game which would be hugh in selling the game (watch Vince Young get the most rushing yards in a season as a qb in history... yeah he has less then Vick over 16 games but this IS a season... :P )
2007-05-17 05:07:53 · answer #2 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think his ideas aren't too drastic.
1) I don't think an overseas Super Bowl (I really wish they stop using that name) is going to go over big as far as the fans in Europe are concerned.
2) A 17th game isn't exactly what I would propose, and personally, I'd like to see it get deep-sixed.
3) Moving the Pro Bowl around in each city with an existing team would be my idea. I hope that is what he has in mind.
4) I don't get involved with the draft.
5) Despite my opinions here, I don't think they could hurt the NFL. It's just too popular and powerful to be shaken by such subtle changes.
GREAT QUESTION THOUGH!
2007-05-17 04:18:37 · answer #3 · answered by Awesome Bill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
playing games in Europe is ridiculous. The players don't like it and the travel screws them up. Pre-season games, alright whatever but not regular season games. The league doesn't need to go global like the NBA. The NBA is globally more popular but in the USA it is losing steam. The NFL is on top and is a American dominated sport and doesn't need a European influence. The NHL is a Euro dominated league and no one in the states watches the sport anymore. A Superbowl overseas is a slap in the face to the fans. I don't think the owners would allow it anyway. Godell's conduct policy is a home run but this 17th game overseas is just dumb.
2007-05-17 00:38:03 · answer #4 · answered by Stevelly 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe he is just kicking around some ideas. He wants to keep the game fresh and on top of the world. Just because one is on top now doesn't mean things shouldn't be changed.
Not all of these ideas will go into effect.
2007-05-17 09:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by gabotion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is trying to build his legacy.
2007-05-17 00:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan P. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's called a "honeymoon".... do it while you can.
2007-05-17 00:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by gwarguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋