what would you change if you were nfl commish (1 Viewer)

[zanti8]

what would you change in the nfl ?

i would not have 2 weeks in between the super bowl . no pro bowl would be played , just a voting recognition honor .

i think the divisions and playoff format is perfect . the bye for top 2 conferance seeds is a great way to reward teams that had the best seasons (although it does not mean alot half the time it seems ).

my main change :

have football every thursday night . 2 teams each week have a bye the first 16 weeks. these 2 teams each week follow their bye with a thursday game . so if you have week 1 off, week 2 starts with the thursday game, and the bye teams play .

 

[zed2283]

That's easy. I'd take the skirts off and make them play football again. Would pretty much repeal 90% of the rules put in the past 10 years.

 

[chook]

Thursday, Friday & Saturday night football every week.

Take away the bye week before the Superbowl.

Each team gets possession in OT.

 

[SuperJohn96]

Thursday, Friday & Saturday night football every week.

You'd have a lot more injuries with more short weeks between games, and less time to heal as well.

 

[SuperJohn96]

2 teams each week have a bye the first 16 weeks. these 2 teams each week follow their bye with a thursday game . so if you have week 1 off, week 2 starts with the thursday game, and the bye teams play .

Why do you hate fantasy football?

 

[Thorpe]

You have to have 2 weeks before the Super Bowl in case something happens and you have to cancel a week of the regular season. There is no way to push back the date of the Super Bowl due to hotel rooms.

Friday night football in the NFL is something we'll never have, because it is reserved for high schools, just like Saturday is for college. Why make a fan choose between watching high school football and the NFL? Why do anything to hurt high school football attendance?

I would eliminate a lot of the commercials. I'd rather see advertisers logos on uniforms than commercial breaks before and after kickoffs following a score.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

 

[PatsWillWin]

Friday night football in the NFL is something we'll never have, because it is reserved for high schools, just like Saturday is for college. Why make a fan choose between watching high school football and the NFL? Why do anything to hurt high school football attendance?

Uhh to offer NFL fans more games, and make more money?

 

[PatsWillWin]

I'd make a set salary for every rookie pick that doesn't move except for inflating with the salary cap. I'm not even sure if this would be possible. But I would do it anyway.

 

[trader jake]

Commissioner Trader Jake To Do List

- Enforce the injury report designations with an iron fist. Too many teams play around with their reports and if it continues they would get hit with SpyGate like penalties.

- Each team gets a possession in OT. Sudden death once the second team gets on offense.

- Best record in the regular season hosts playoff game (instead of an 8-8 division winner hosting a home playoff game over a 10-6 wild card team).

- Replay needs to be tweaked. Way too many '50-50' or 'why not try?' calls are challenged. Also, the ref on the field shouldn't be the one going into the peep show...have a replay official in a box upstairs review any challenge and make a call within 1 minute. Instead of lip service, make it a real "indisputable evidence" to overturn the call on the field. In addition to a loss of time out it would cost 15 yards for an incorrect challenge. Let's get back to reversing obvious incorrect calls instead of nitpicking every play.

- Make the field goal posts slightly smaller (to encourage more going for it on 4th down, less reliance on field goals).

- Start 2 point conversions just outside the 1 yard line (make it a real decision).

- If the defense can score on an offenses attempt for 2 they get the 2 points instead of the play being dead once they gain possession.

- Move the annual draft around to eventually include every city (that doesn't host a Super Bowl). Some cities already get screwed out of ever hosting a Super Bowl...so if a location has never hosted a Super Bowl they can host the Annual Draft. Rotate it without using New York (it's been there forever) and any Super Bowl city.

- Get the rookie wage scale fixed. The rookies selected at the top of the first round make way too much in relation to what veterans in the league do (the players that have proven they can play).

- Get rid of the pup list, IR, practice squad designations, and game day inactives. Raise roster limits to 60 players total...how the teams use them is up to them. If a player is out for the year due to injury you're down to 59 possible spots, etc. It would help the game on the field and would help teams develop some young players (including QB's) while they can learn on the job. The league could use this increase in jobs to gain something else in negotiations with the players union (see last item).

- Learn from other league's mistakes. DO NOT increase the number of total franchises, the current number of playoff teams, or mess with the salary structure. Learn from hockey's mistakes and don't overexpand, learn from basketball's mistakes and don't have too many playoff teams, and most importantly learn from baseball's mistakes and do whatever you have to do to maintain competitive balance. Salary cap, revenue sharing, etc.

 

[Zoomanji]

- Both teams get the ball in OT

- Draft before Free Agency

- Rookie salary scale/ cap

- Expand the game day roster (why are there inactive guys anyway?) and possible the whole roster

 

[CalBear]

Reinstate the 5-yard face mask penalty.

Make pass interference and holding reviewable by replay.

Adopt a NCAA-like OT system, except start the ball at the 35.

Stop cracking down on TD celebrations.

Institute a real performance-enhancing drug test program, maybe a notch below pro cycling. First offense is a 2-year ban.

Stop drug testing for pot.

 

[trader jake]

Reinstate the 5-yard face mask penalty. Good call. Referees should have an out if the face mask is minor.

Make pass interference and holding reviewable by replay. No way. More replay for these type of judgment calls would be a disaster. I understand the frustration with the inconsistency but going to replay wouldn't improve the accuracy of these calls one iota and slow the flow of the game down even more.

Adopt a NCAA-like OT system, except start the ball at the 35. Ugh. We'll just agree to disagree on this one. I know some love that format but it seems hokey to me. The equivalent of deciding a game via home run derby or shootout. In sports where scoring is very difficult (soccer, hockey) it makes sense but in pro football that isn't an issue.

Stop cracking down on TD celebrations. I do believe the NFL goes a bit too far regulating celebrations but how much should they open it up? Wouldn't we want less individual antics than more?

Institute a real performance-enhancing drug test program, maybe a notch below pro cycling. First offense is a 2-year ban. I'm with you on this one as well. I'd say 1 year ban but a real intense drug program would be ideal. If enacted I'd like for the league to keep samples that can be tested yearly as new drug tests become available. What is now untraceable could be tracked at a later date. This is the only way to eliminate/limit the influence of drugs on the sport.

Stop drug testing for pot. I believe marijuana should be a legal product that could be regulated, taxed, and instead of our current war on drugs (that costs many lives, jailed citizens, and dollars) we should flip the script on this losing battle. BTW - I'm a non-smoker who just feels pragmatism on this issue overrides some moral stance than a majority of the country doesn't subscribe to. [/Possible hijack over]

Overall, nice post CalBear...you hippie.

 

[GregR_2]

I like a few that have been posted. In addition, I would exempt personal fouls from the "no penalty can move the ball more than half the distance towards the goal line". The full yardage is marked off, or the ball placed at the 1, or moved half the distance if already inside the 1.

 

[roadkill1292]

Dump the draft.

 

[trader jake]

Dump the draft.

X

 

[bostonfred]

Officially apologize to the Pats and give them their pick back.

It's time.

 

[Liquid Tension]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

So the player would have to sit out for 5 minutes?

 

[Liquid Tension]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

So the player would have to sit out for 5 minutes?

I don't really think that is what you meant, but I like the idea of matching a suspension to coincide with an injury you caused with an illegal play. For example, when Jim McMahon was picked up and body slammed, the player should have been suspended for as long as the player he hurt with a cheap and illegal play is out of the game. Maybe you cap it on a year as a player may never recover. You commit a penalty and a guy is injured on that play for 3 games, you sit 3 games!

 

[RaiderBones]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

When I read this I was thinking of Hockey right away. At first I thought that maybe you think they should have a penalty box in the NFL.

 

[mbuehner]

Replay needs to be tweaked. Way too many '50-50' or 'why not try?' calls are challenged. Also, the ref on the field shouldn't be the one going into the peep show...have a replay official in a box upstairs review any challenge and make a call within 1 minute.

One of the reasons they gave it back to the ref on the field is that the supposedly impartial refs up in the booths in the old days were unwilling to overturn their colleagues a lot of times. The guys on the field seem more willing to correct their own mistakes.One big problem that has plagued replay is that they are somehow tied into what television is doing. They may not get the replay or the right angle instantly, and hence they can't make a quick 1 minute decision and be definitive. I'd rather they get it right than stopping the game and STILL getting it wrong.

 

[Liquid Tension]

The drafted players need to make a lot less when they come out! Picking first should "always" be good

Leave the OT rule alone. There is nothing wrong with it, in fact, maybe there should not be any OT in the regular season. The idea that both teams need to get the ball is as silly as removing the special teams aspect of the game by starting at the 35. Trader said earlier that is similar to home run derby deciding baseball and he is right. Defense is as important as offense and you should have to stop them, in the equal chance that you happen to lose the toss and get to defend the end zone of your choice

I don't have the right answer, but I can't stand the automatic 1st down on 3rd and 40 when a guy gets bumped 7 yards off the LOS. I also can't stand seeing a bomb be thrown short which causes the great coverage of the corner to slightly run into the WR and result in a 40 yard play. the refs need to be able to use some discretion on plays like that (or ones that are so far away from the play they have little bearing). Football yards are too important to give up chunks of yards on bad offense (PI)

I like having a 5 and 15 yard penalty for the severity of the penalty

I would eliminate half the distance to the goal line penalties. A penalty should take you to the one if it would have taken you into the end zone. More safeties are a good thing and more TD's as well.

It is absurd that the coaches can't use an instant replay challenge in the last 2 minutes; makes no sense whatsoever? Whoever thought of that and didn;t change it should all be embarrassed.

BTW, I was a huge supporter of IR, but I hate the way it slows up the flow of the game and football is a game of momentum. I actually went from "you have to want instant replay" all the way to "i don't like it."

The first point notwithstanding, I would (I know this is out there), eliminate all special teams. It is unnecessary, just play offense and defense. No kickers either. I like the two 3 pointers being less than a TD (all td's would be an auto 7) so I would designate a spot where you auto get 3 points on 4th down if you want it. Say inside the 20 you can take the auto 3. I also would make all punts 35-40 yards and if you would kick it into the end zone, the other team gets it on their 1! This would lead to more safeties. You would start after a "kick off" at your own 30. I think this would be a great game and eliminate the BS of special teams! Anybody want to create a league with these rules; I could use some backing

 

[roadkill1292]

Dump the draft.

X

 

[DawnBTVS]

The only thing I'd do...

Mandate that incoming rookies work out in full pads at the NFL Combine/Pro Days. This would help offset some of the "workout warrior" boosts while legitimizing certain aspects such as the 40 yard dash and position drills. It would also help the prospects who may not have as much game tape to offer and rely on the workouts to get their name into the picture.

 

[blend]

rookie cap/scale... It shouldn't be a financial hindrance when you have the #1 pick.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

rookie cap/scale... It shouldn't be a financial hindrance when you have the #1 pick.

Maybe if the Lions won a game once in awhile...

 

[32 Counter Pass]

Go to college system of instant replay.

Go to the college system for PI.

Overtime: continues as a 5th quarter. Requires teams to play the entire game. If there is still a tie after the extra quarter the game ends in a tie.

Edited to add rookie salary cap.

 

[chook]

Thursday, Friday & Saturday night football every week.

You'd have a lot more injuries with more short weeks between games, and less time to heal as well.

At least Friday, Saturday & Sunday games then.Works here for us in Australian Rules, with a 22 week season (although we don't have MNF).Besides - Friday & Saturday games mean I can watch games on my weekend rather than Monday & Tuesday like I currently do

 

[Stillers Jr.]

The only thing I have a problem with are the rules in place to "protect" players from legit tackles. and blocks

The QB is protected way too much...it's ridiculous.

The rules they put in protecting defensive players from being blocked are pathetic...PATHETIC!

I would repeal those. If it's a clean block, if it's a clean tackle, so be it.

So say we all.

I kinda like the 2 week layover to the SB...you get to soak it in. Ahhh! the Super bowl, AHHH!.

I would also make video taping the other teams pre-game workout MANDATORY.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

So the player would have to sit out for 5 minutes?

Oops.

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Commissioner Trader Jake To Do List

- Enforce the injury report designations with an iron fist. Too many teams play around with their reports and if it continues they would get hit with SpyGate like penalties.

This is the best one in the entire thread. Teams make a mockery out of that.

 

[shredhead]

I'd add a 5 minute roughing the passer penalty, separating much like they do for running into & roughing the kicker. some of these weak roughing the passer calls should not be 15 yard personal fouls.

So the player would have to sit out for 5 minutes?

Oops.

No oops, I'm trying to figure out a way to implement a penalty box in football. I think it could work.My biggest pet peeve is the # of challenges given to coaches. 2 is OK, but if you challenge and get it right, you should still have 2 left. So you only lose a challenge if you challenge and the play doesn't get overturned. You should also have some sort of ammunition to challenge a bad call if you are out of time outs, I'm not sure how to work that out, but it sucks when a bad call isn't looked at just because a team has no time outs. Maybe a mandatory booth review on any turnover that must be completed during the TV timeout. That way it wouldn't interfere with the game at all.

 

[cdwood]

This would be my agenda:

1. Rookie salary cap--as mentioned previously, having the #1 pick should help your team get better rather than setting it back years because of the financial committment.

2. Overtime continues to be sudden death, the team that scores first wins. Get rid of the coin toss, just give the home team the option to kick, receive, or defend an endzone. This can also be applied to regular season games.

Christopher

 

[Donnybrook]

OT - the way it is in the regular season

OT in the playoffs add a 15 minute quarter if the game is still tied then back to the traditional sudden death.

Get rid of compensation picks for free agents. I really don't know what the point of having them. It seems that they do not help weaker and small market teams whatsoever.

 

[Donnybrook]

rookie cap/scale... It shouldn't be a financial hindrance when you have the #1 pick.

I agree. Teams are having a hard time trading out of that pick because the top rookie salaries are too high. I heard Charlie Casserly talking about it the other day. He said he approached NY Jets about trading the #1 and they said "what are you going to give us for it."