In My NFL...

[buckeyehoppy]

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In my NFL, no one could weigh more than 300 pounds.

In my NFL, there would be a rookie salary cap.

In my NFL-Goodell would not be the commissioner.

In my NFL-There would be full time refs.

Bingo on all counts:

A weight limit would allow for a much more athletic game and a much more athletic player. No more of these tubs of goo parading around as professional athletes. If you want to play in the NFL, you get to keep your weight under control for a more athletic and competitive game...and for the player's future and present overall health.

A rookie salary cap is already a proven success in the NBA and would work wonders in the NFL where some serious economic issues are looming in a questionable overall fiscal environment in this country.

Goodell has proven that he operates with a wet noodle for a spine and is merely a tool for the owners and not, as it should be, the other way around where the commissioner is dictating the terms of how the league operates.

Full time refs, considering the nature of the game today with how the economics of the sport work and how the speed of the game seems to be increasing all the time, is an idea that should have been instituted with the salary cap. Considering the age and condition of many current NFL referees, it is well past time that all NFL field officials be annually evaluated and be able to pass a full physical (which is something that might already be required anyway, but it doesn't hurt to suggest this point).

Also, to add:

In my NFL, all review determinations would be made off-site by a review official in the league office who would have 90 seconds to determine the outcome of a review or challenge. The NHL has a similar review policy and it is as close to being entirely accurate as any review process in any sport. Having a review official specifically assigned to each game off-site (and away from the BS in the stands) is a very logical solution to any issues with the review system.

In my NFL, we will have an 18 game regular season so long as: 1) each team gets TWO bye weeks and teams with a bye week will play another team with a bye week the following week. And, 2) the preseason consists of only two games. If we are adding to the regular season, it will come at the expense of scheduled preseason games. If teams need more methods for evaluation, controlled scrimmages can be used at training camp sites as scrimmages are often a more useful tool for player evaluation in a specific situation than a live game where a preferred situation for evaluation may or may not occur.

[stlrz d]

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I've avoided this thread largely because I figured there would be some pretty unrealistic stuff in here. Some of it is meant to be funny and that's quite alright, but some of the stuff that's meant to be serious...*shakes head*.

--Players too slow to get up? This is a violent game. That happens on nearly every play. Jim Brown used to do it on purpose so the opposition wouldn't know when they really had hurt him.

--Same protection for QBs as other players? The only players as vulnerable as the QB is the punter. It makes no sense not to give a bit of extra protection to a player who touches the ball on every offensive play. A players who's presence (or lack thereof) can make or break your team's season. I understand some protections go overboard, but to say they shouldn't have any extra protection is foolish at best.

--No rules for what can be challenged? Nearly every game would last 5-6 hours. No thanks.

--No corporate names of stadiums??? Then new stadiums would never be built. Corporate sponsorships pay for new stadiums. Ask some of the Steelers who have played in both TRS and Heinz where they would rather play. I doubt you would get one nod to TRS.

--Felony = ban? Should it be that way for all occupations?

--Full time officials??? They are full time during the season. There is absolutely not enough to keep them busy during the off season. Plus 6 more months of salary for all those officials would have to be paid for somehow. Guess how they would do that?

--No TV timeouts? Your NFL would go broke before a single player set foot on a practice field.

--Gus Johnson??? That one is meant to be funny, right? Gus Johnson makes Kevin Harlan sound like a guy who lost his voice to throat cancer 30 years ago. If I want to be screamed at I'll piss some woman off. Why would I want to listen to Gus Johnson screaming at me for 3 hours. Oops, wait...make that 5-6 hours since you want every call to be challengeable.

[Djfan]

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I guess D likes my idea about math teachers!

[Discipline of Steel]

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Heres on for you StlrzD:

In my NFL, the Bengals uniforms have alternating red and white vertical 'bars', the Ravens purple and white, and the Browns unis are white with brown stains on them.

[buckeyehoppy]

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Another one:

In my NFL, there would be no bullschitt draft compensation for lost UFAs. Instead, if a team loses a UFA with at least 6 years in the league for the same team, the team losing the player would be granted salary cap relief equal to the value for that player for the length of his deal. That way, if a team develops a player and he chooses to bolt, the team would be rewarded for effective drafting by receiving cap relief. It would enable teams who use the draft properly to use the cap relief they receive to sign FAs of need or re-sign potential UFAs from their own team so that they aren't losing players in FA every year.

[stlrz d]

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I guess D likes my idea about math teachers!

Yours was quite obviously meant as humor.

In the spirit of the thread, there would be no more IR. It would be a disabled list instead. When a guy's ready to come back he can come back but you have to clear a roster spot for him.

[buckeyehoppy]

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I guess D likes my idea about math teachers!

Yours was quite obviously meant as humor.

In the spirit of the thread, there would be no more IR. It would be a disabled list instead. When a guy's ready to come back he can come back but you have to clear a roster spot for him.

Yet another good point. Granted, you'd have to have a time span...say, 2 games. Baseball has a 15-day DL which is just short of 10% of the season. A 2-game DL is just slightly over 10% of the NFL season, so that seems appropriate.

Also, K, P, and LS would be a special consideration on a DL and be allowed unlimited 1-game stays on the DL. Other players should only be allowed two 2-game DLs per year. If it's a more serious injury, make it an 8-game DL.

You may also only have as many players on a DL than you would carry on a practice squad. If you have eight players on the PS, you can have up to eight on the DL.

[WoodleyofTroy]

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--Gus Johnson??? That one is meant to be funny, right? Gus Johnson makes Kevin Harlan sound like a guy who lost his voice to throat cancer 30 years ago. If I want to be screamed at I'll piss some woman off. Why would I want to listen to Gus Johnson screaming at me for 3 hours. Oops, wait...make that 5-6 hours since you want every call to be challengeable.

I was watching the replay of the Patriots and Rams Super Bowl with Pat Summerall and John Madden doing the commentating. Patriots drove down that field in a matter of seconds, putting Vinatieri in field goal position to win the game. The Kick goes up, it's good, Patriots shock the world, and with Pat Summerall's tone, it could of been mistaken for a CBS Golf match. I nearly fell asleep.

It could be the first play of the game, a pass goes for 4 yards, and Gus Johnson lets you know about it. That's my preference.

As for the challenge. I was referring to not being able to throw a flag because the whistle was blown. How the hell does that mean 5 hours of football?

[stlrz d]

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--Gus Johnson??? That one is meant to be funny, right? Gus Johnson makes Kevin Harlan sound like a guy who lost his voice to throat cancer 30 years ago. If I want to be screamed at I'll piss some woman off. Why would I want to listen to Gus Johnson screaming at me for 3 hours. Oops, wait...make that 5-6 hours since you want every call to be challengeable.

I was watching the replay of the Patriots and Rams Super Bowl with Pat Summerall and John Madden doing the commentating. Patriots drove down that field in a matter of seconds, putting Vinatieri in field goal position to win the game. The Kick goes up, it's good, Patriots shock the world, and with Pat Summerall's tone, it could of been mistaken for a CBS Golf match. I nearly fell asleep.

It could be the first play of the game, a pass goes for 4 yards, and Gus Johnson lets you know about it. That's my preference.

As for the challenge. I was referring to not being able to throw a flag because the whistle was blown. How the hell does that mean 5 hours of football?

Pat may have been subdued at a moment when he could have been more animated, but Gus Johnson is the uber extreme opposite. He screams about every little play, no matter how insignificant. It's utterly ridiculous. No one needs that. I know when to get excited. I don't need a cheerleader in the booth screaming about a 1 yard gain on first and 10. He wouldn't be a bad announcer if he didn't scream about EVERYTHING.

Whenever he's assigned a Steelers game I wish I lived in the Burgh so I could turn down the volume and put on the radio. I'd purposely watch the game via TiVo so I could sync up the TV broadcast to match the call on the radio.

As for your challenge comment, you said, "there would be no rules as to what can be challenged" but didn't clarify beyond that, until now. So as you originally posted, it was easily interpreted as coaches being able to challenge everything. That would mean 5-6 hour games...if not longer.

[MeetJoeGreene]

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In my NFL celebrations would not be banned - they would be encouraged and even promoted. And not just for touchdowns or splash plays. EVERY play deserves a show. After every play, a portable stage will be wheeled onto the field. The player that made the play (e.g. a tackle for a loss OR the runner that got a first down) would be given 30 seconds to perform his routine. On certain plays multiple performers would be allowed to allow for situations for multiple or combined heroic efforts and to enable Ray Lewis to have a specialized celebration for arriving 1.5 seconds after the tackle an piling on.

[WoodleyofTroy]

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Pat may have been subdued at a moment when he could have been more animated, but Gus Johnson is the uber extreme opposite. He screams about every little play, no matter how insignificant. It's utterly ridiculous. No one needs that. I know when to get excited. I don't need a cheerleader in the booth screaming about a 1 yard gain on first and 10. He wouldn't be a bad announcer if he didn't scream about EVERYTHING.

Whenever he's assigned a Steelers game I wish I lived in the Burgh so I could turn down the volume and put on the radio. I'd purposely watch the game via TiVo so I could sync up the TV broadcast to match the call on the radio.

As for your challenge comment, you said, "there would be no rules as to what can be challenged" but didn't clarify beyond that, until now. So as you originally posted, it was easily interpreted as coaches being able to challenge everything. That would mean 5-6 hour games...if not longer.

Understandable. Everyone has their preference. I just think he's entertaining, and I enjoy it. Not that a Steelers fan should need any more game time excitment filled anxiety as it is.

Challenge everything? As in holding or penalties altogether? Come on man. At least give me the benefit of the doubt here before destroying my "In my NFL".....

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

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In my NFL... bye weeks would begin on the 5th week of the schedule and end on the 12th week. 8 weeks of byes, each week an entire division gets a bye; the following week, all the division teams play each other, that way there are no advantages for coming off a bye.

Didn't it work that way the first few years of byes? I don't remember if they all played each other the next week, but I do remember divisions having bye weeks together.

Very good rule!

[steeler_fan_in_t.o.]

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In my NFL Dallas and Detroit would not automatically be granted Thanksgiving day games. IMO this is one of the biggest reason for the Cowboys very large yet fairweather fanbase. All the once a year casual watchers who tune in when they visit Uncle Joe during the holidays watch Dallas every year. They know very little about football, but become instant geniuses when the Cowboys finally make the playoffs and even *gasp* win a playoff game.

[stlrz d]

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Pat may have been subdued at a moment when he could have been more animated, but Gus Johnson is the uber extreme opposite. He screams about every little play, no matter how insignificant. It's utterly ridiculous. No one needs that. I know when to get excited. I don't need a cheerleader in the booth screaming about a 1 yard gain on first and 10. He wouldn't be a bad announcer if he didn't scream about EVERYTHING.

Whenever he's assigned a Steelers game I wish I lived in the Burgh so I could turn down the volume and put on the radio. I'd purposely watch the game via TiVo so I could sync up the TV broadcast to match the call on the radio.

As for your challenge comment, you said, "there would be no rules as to what can be challenged" but didn't clarify beyond that, until now. So as you originally posted, it was easily interpreted as coaches being able to challenge everything. That would mean 5-6 hour games...if not longer.

Understandable. Everyone has their preference. I just think he's entertaining, and I enjoy it. Not that a Steelers fan should need any more game time excitment filled anxiety as it is.

Challenge everything? As in holding or penalties altogether? Come on man. At least give me the benefit of the doubt here before destroying my "In my NFL".....

Sorry man. When you typed "no rules on what can be challenged" I took it literally since there was no clarification of that.

[MeetJoeGreene]

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In my NFL, teams shall not make themselves a graven image bearing a likeness to a Terrible Towel.

In my NFL teams would be alllowed to have 4 special teams players of type kicker, punter, and long snapper that would not count against the active day roster. If they used less, they could add those positions to the active roster.