Quote:I agree with you that it seems inevitable.

 

However,  I disagree with you that the viewers want it.   When you get a chance,  go to practically any Online article about playoff expansion that has a comment section.   The common themes are at least 2/3 of the people commenting are against playoff expansion and that Roger Goodell and Jerry Jones are heavily criticized.   It's safe to assume that a large % of the people commenting on these articles are in their teens,  20's,  or 30's.  

 

As for the NFLPA,    they aren't going to accept playoff expansion unless the NFL gives them something else that satisfies them.   The more games that are played,  the greater the risk of injury.  

 

Look, I've already stated that it would be fine with me if they left well enough alone. But you and I don't get a vote. Unless you plan to vote by not watching and going to NFL games anymore.

 

Sorry - but that's not a price I chose to pay. And I seriously doubt you, or anyone else around here, will either.

 

You (and TMD and others) who pine for the days of yore remind me of the hard-core traditionalists who said that major league baseball was going to hell in a hand basket (where did that phrase come from?) and they'd never watch again, etc., etc. Well, MLB is doing just fine. When (not if) the NFL expands the playoffs - which I'd much rather have than the useless four exhibition (I'm sorry, pre-season) games - the NFL will do just fine.

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