IF THE NFL WAS LIKE THE MLB (1 Viewer)

[shakeybarn]

$ 143,026,214 - 2

$ 54,424,000 - 0

God, baseball is so screwed up. Imagine if the NFL was like MLB.

The Jags would be 0-6, while the Rams would be 4-2

The Pittsburgh Steelers would be talking about 3 winning seasons in 14 years... and the move to Orlando. Orlando Steelers.

The Packers would be the San Antonio Rangers.

The Bears would be enjoying the $310 million they spent to pluck away Peyton Manning.

The Patriots would continue the recent Boston tradition of store bought teams,....a la Randy woulda gotten paid 6 times more than he got now. Julius Peppers would be enjoying his first year, and his $35 million bobo.

LA would not only have a football team, but they'd be 5-2.

The Jets would already be a lock for their 6th straight playoff appearance.

While I'm at it the Buffalo Bills would not exist.

The Browns would be competitive.

Baltimore would still be a big dissappointment.

The Falcons would have their own TV network....

 

[shakeybarn]

Tampa Bay Devil Rays $ 24,123,500

Bucaneers $24M...

Schaub

Thomas Jones

Mike Clayton

Ashlie Lelie

 

[shakeybarn]

New York Yankees $ 189,639,045

Boston Red Sox $ 143,026,214

New York Mets $ 115,231,663

Jets

Peyton Manning

Larry Johnson

Marvin Harrison

Adam Vinatieri

Bill Bellichick

Pats

Brady at $400M

TO

Shaun Alexander

Antonio Gates

Ray Lewis

Urlacher

Giants

Eli

Burress

Jacobs

Stranahan

Toomer

Shockey

;-)

 

[Yankee23Fan]

You mean, like before 1994 when there were dynasties and historic teams that many NFL fans look back on as the best times in the game?

 

[Workhorse]

Yeah, those poor Rockies. How in the world could they ever compete with a free spending team like the Red Sox?

Were you around in the late 90s, early 00s when the Rockies handed out bloated free agent contracts to Darryl Kile, Mike Hampton, Denny Naegle, Mike Lansing, Pedro Astacio, etc....? The Rockies were one of the prime culprits in the escalating player salaries in the big money, free agent era from 8-10 years ago. If they had put a decent product on the field from 2001-2006, they would be right up there in overall payroll too. Fact is, they stunk, revenues plummeted, and the Rockies were hemmoraging money and had to rebuild from the Dan O'Dowd era.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Yeah, those poor Rockies. How in the world could they ever compete with a free spending team like the Red Sox?Were you around in the late 90s, early 00s when the Rockies handed out bloated free agent contracts to Darryl Kile, Mike Hampton, Denny Naegle, Mike Lansing, Pedro Astacio, etc....? The Rockies were one of the prime culprits in the escalating player salaries in the big money, free agent era from 8-10 years ago. If they had put a decent product on the field from 2001-2006, they would be right up there in overall payroll too. Fact is, they stunk, revenues plummeted, and the Rockies were hemmoraging money and had to rebuild from the Dan O'Dowd era.

Stop - everyone knows the only blame here falls in the Bronx.

 

[Michael Brown]

Wait, you guys are missing the point.

I think what he wants is for all of the available revenues to go into the pockets of the owners, and then in 20-25 years a lot of the superstar players can die about 20 years too young because of the AWESOME retirement/pension situation they've got set up.

Is that what you mean when you say the NFL got it all right? Because I assume that's what you mean. Then again, you might be talking about how the NFL has had a different champ in every season since 2001. Oh wait, that's baseball. Maybe you were referring to how baseball is so screwed up that you can get to the playoffs every year automatically just by playing in a big market like the Mets, White Sox, Tigers, Marlins, Dodgers, Braves, and Nationals proved this year.