Parity in the NFL (1 Viewer)

[MaddHatter]

Here is a little article I did up quick with some research into parity and winning championships in the NFL and MLB.

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Since Super Bowl XXXV, there have been 13 different NFL franchises to make a Super Bowl appearance.

Since the 2000 World Series, there have been 14 different MLB clubs to make a World Series.

Although, only four NFL franchises have won the Super Bowl over the last six Super Bowls, five MLB clubs have won the World Series. But, during the last six Super Bowls, there have been just nine of 32 NFL teams to make the trip. Meanwhile, in baseball, ten of 30 MLB clubs have made the trip to the World Series.

The bottom line is, if you think there is no parity in baseball, there is even less in football.

 

[renesauz]

Here is a little article I did up quick with some research into parity and winning championships in the NFL and MLB.

Link

Since Super Bowl XXXV, there have been 13 different NFL franchises to make a Super Bowl appearance.

Since the 2000 World Series, there have been 14 different MLB clubs to make a World Series.

Although, only four NFL franchises have won the Super Bowl over the last six Super Bowls, five MLB clubs have won the World Series. But, during the last six Super Bowls, there have been just nine of 32 NFL teams to make the trip. Meanwhile, in baseball, ten of 30 MLB clubs have made the trip to the World Series.

The bottom line is, if you think there is no parity in baseball, there is even less in football.

And the Marlins lost how much $$$ when they went to the WS and won?The article is grossly misleading. The majority of baseball teams are within a reasonable range of each other. The Yankees triple that "normal" range, and a few others come close to doubling it, while a handful of teams don't even bother to try, spending less then half that range.

Baseball doesn't make any effort towards parity. Football does.

 

[jonessed]

At the beginning of every MLB season you can pretty much mark half the teams down as not having a prayer to make the World Series. In the NFL, everyone outside of Detroit or Oakland has a shot.

 

[The Mooreticians]

Your sample size sucks. It's like flipping a coin 5 times, getting 4 heads, and saying the coin is rigged.

I believe there is much better parity in the NFL than in MLB, and that just looking at who made it to the Superbowl / World Series over the past 6 years is not a good measurement of parity.

 

[Green and Gold]

That's a stupid article.

Parity doesn't mean everyone gets to win. It means everyone has the same resources to invest in said winning.

 

[CrossEyed]

At the beginning of every MLB season you can pretty much mark half the teams down as not having a prayer to make the World Series. In the NFL, everyone outside of Detroit or Oakland or Cleveland has a shot.

Fixed.