Yes... I AM Ready For Some Football, Why NFL Football Is By Far The Best Sport & Chiefs Football Is Even Better, Inside A Chiefs Fan's (Almost) Perfect Fantasy Draft, & Bunches of Other Random Stuff!
Amazing, your brother sounds so cool and handsome. From what I see in your writing and correct me if I’m wrong but Nick is not good at Fantasy Football, at all.
Okay now that I got that out of the way, thanks for helping me get, once again, into the mind of a Chiefs fan. A mash up of pure joy and so much pain all in one, but what I know of all chiefs fans(not counting the band wagoners) this is on point. Thanks for taking us on the ride.
My brother, who coincidentally shares your name and sense of humor, is indeed very cool and handsome. Nick, as you’ve somehow figured out, is rarely right and is the worst at fantasy football. You’re two for two my completely-unrelated-to-me friend!
We members of Chiefs Kingdom are a full of a complicated and savory stew of passions and emotions. That may not cover all of us, but the rest are most assuredly (and proudly!) full of something…
…undefinable.
I’m always happy to share the ride that is being a fan of the best team in the NFL with all interested parties. Especially ones who are definitely not my brother, Joe.🤓
You're right about the length of the regular season. I also think the scarcity of NFL football is what makes it what it is, and ensures that the quality of the games that exist must is much higher. However, they're beginning to jump the shark on this just a little bit sprawling onto more days of the week.
Watching every baseball game is impossible. I know people who've watched every hockey game for a whole season, but it's scary. Watching every NFL game is fairly easy. Even if you find yourself busy for a week you can catch up easily because you've only missed one game. Just watch a replay.
Because of this, I was against expansion to 17 regular season games and I am against expansion to 18 regular season games (although I'm not naive enough to believe it won't happen). I'm also against any further playoff expansion, because the NFL regular season is already on the brink of becoming meaningless (if you can make the playoffs with a .500 record, the regular season is meaningless). As long as there are nine win teams that miss the playoffs (or ten if the season goes to 18 games), I'll be happy.
Baseball ran headlong into this problem. Every game used to be critical, because it often took 100+ wins to move further, but they nuked themselves with endless playoff expansion making the regular season meaningless. This is the reason that sport died. Don't let anybody tell you differently.
Sports owners get so caught up in the pursuit of playoff revenue that they miss the point that sports fans don't watch playoffs just because. If you go too far (like baseball did and college football is doing), fans will tune out to the point where MLB playoff games now have substantially less cultural impact than regular season games 30 years ago. I don't know if there is any talk of future playoff expansion in the NFL, but if there is we need to throw our bodies in front of it. It will (and has) ruined the biggest sport in America before.
Something like a 17 game regular season, or two extra playoff teams, may seem like small steps, but each is one step in the direction of killing the golden goose. Just ask baseball.
Nailed it. The scarcity value of NFL Football is through the roof. It’s basically the vibranium of sports.
As for expanding the season and/or the playoff field, I’m also against it but I think they’ll eventually do it. More games and more playoff teams means more money for all involved. Hardcore fans will hate it, but more casual fans will love the added content. Like the zombie movies are trying to tell us: once ravenous consumers start getting all the “food” they want, they just want more. Brains!
Ok. The pregame coverage is starting and I need to get some food going. Enjoy the game!
Amazing, your brother sounds so cool and handsome. From what I see in your writing and correct me if I’m wrong but Nick is not good at Fantasy Football, at all.
Okay now that I got that out of the way, thanks for helping me get, once again, into the mind of a Chiefs fan. A mash up of pure joy and so much pain all in one, but what I know of all chiefs fans(not counting the band wagoners) this is on point. Thanks for taking us on the ride.
My brother, who coincidentally shares your name and sense of humor, is indeed very cool and handsome. Nick, as you’ve somehow figured out, is rarely right and is the worst at fantasy football. You’re two for two my completely-unrelated-to-me friend!
We members of Chiefs Kingdom are a full of a complicated and savory stew of passions and emotions. That may not cover all of us, but the rest are most assuredly (and proudly!) full of something…
…undefinable.
I’m always happy to share the ride that is being a fan of the best team in the NFL with all interested parties. Especially ones who are definitely not my brother, Joe.🤓
You're right about the length of the regular season. I also think the scarcity of NFL football is what makes it what it is, and ensures that the quality of the games that exist must is much higher. However, they're beginning to jump the shark on this just a little bit sprawling onto more days of the week.
Watching every baseball game is impossible. I know people who've watched every hockey game for a whole season, but it's scary. Watching every NFL game is fairly easy. Even if you find yourself busy for a week you can catch up easily because you've only missed one game. Just watch a replay.
Because of this, I was against expansion to 17 regular season games and I am against expansion to 18 regular season games (although I'm not naive enough to believe it won't happen). I'm also against any further playoff expansion, because the NFL regular season is already on the brink of becoming meaningless (if you can make the playoffs with a .500 record, the regular season is meaningless). As long as there are nine win teams that miss the playoffs (or ten if the season goes to 18 games), I'll be happy.
Baseball ran headlong into this problem. Every game used to be critical, because it often took 100+ wins to move further, but they nuked themselves with endless playoff expansion making the regular season meaningless. This is the reason that sport died. Don't let anybody tell you differently.
Sports owners get so caught up in the pursuit of playoff revenue that they miss the point that sports fans don't watch playoffs just because. If you go too far (like baseball did and college football is doing), fans will tune out to the point where MLB playoff games now have substantially less cultural impact than regular season games 30 years ago. I don't know if there is any talk of future playoff expansion in the NFL, but if there is we need to throw our bodies in front of it. It will (and has) ruined the biggest sport in America before.
Something like a 17 game regular season, or two extra playoff teams, may seem like small steps, but each is one step in the direction of killing the golden goose. Just ask baseball.
Nailed it. The scarcity value of NFL Football is through the roof. It’s basically the vibranium of sports.
As for expanding the season and/or the playoff field, I’m also against it but I think they’ll eventually do it. More games and more playoff teams means more money for all involved. Hardcore fans will hate it, but more casual fans will love the added content. Like the zombie movies are trying to tell us: once ravenous consumers start getting all the “food” they want, they just want more. Brains!
Ok. The pregame coverage is starting and I need to get some food going. Enjoy the game!