Originally posted by tjd808185:
Originally posted by GolittaCamper:
Teams would receive equal shares of the revenue split, so money and cap would not be an issue.
Like the relegation league in Premier League Soccer, they would get the first 8 picks in the draft.
As a developmental division of the NFL they would be allowed 64 players, and champion would have to make cuts before the draft. All these players would be free agents, or perhaps draft eligible.
Unlike all the other failed alternate leagues, this is an NFL product with a real prize at stake, elevation, this would be enough to attract fans.
With teams in cities like Saint Louis, Portland, London, Vancouver BC, Mexico City, and others it would give the NFL a product in other countries to spread the sport.
Larger rosters could accommodate players coming from High School, or JCs.
Teams would not tank of higher picks, all games all season would matter.
Sure, lots of bugs, and kinks to work out, but in all I think with some positive input, it would be a better option than this guys league, it would get more viewers, and be better funded.
Like I aid earlier, if the NFL, NBA, and NCAA, want better products, the pro leagues have to make a rule saying all players entering the league need a two year degree in "Handling your s**t, and not going broke...oh, and some history of your game" This could be accomplished a number of ways.
The NFL could simply say, the degree is a job requirement.
The Players Association could establish a two their wage scale, with players who enter the league with less than two, or four years college experience singing 4 year, or two year contracts for significantly less then their college attending center parts, maybe a cap of 2 million a year for players without two years of college.
As of now it's not a complete split with only 61% of total revenues being shared. Things like attendance aren't split up evenly. I think that's 70 keep 30 split. So once you bring in teams drawing half of what the big leagues do it is going to impact their ability to compete. Even if you make those changes free agents will still avoid the bottom dwellers and the draft isn't a quick fix. The bigger question is do those players stay? Probably not. So you get more scrubs?
I'm not a fan of going international either. They just don't play the game, NFL is not going to change that especially with the concussions. Football being played abroad is a niche and if they keep it like that and just do a couple games a year it's fine. A London franchise though will flop. It's not home grown. It's just going to be a bunch of Americans playing in London and there's a limited appeal to that. If an American sport was to try going international it should be the NBA.
The 3 year rule isn't going anywhere it's barely worth discussing. They won that court case. Even if Yee's league takes off I don't see NFL changing. If you can avoid developing players that cuts down on costs so don't expect that to ever go away. They could reward degrees and that would certainly help in terms of avoiding the bad PR players. Degrees don't make players play better though.
The NFL seems bent on going global, Im not a huge fan either. I was just applying some "outside the box" thinking, its kind of a mental excessive in problem solving. I saw this thread, and thought, heres a solution without a problem, there is literally no need for this guys new league.
But that got me thinking, how could the NFL handle the following ideas that seem to keep coming up:
Global expansion
Lack of fully developed players
Second their cities like Saint Louis that want teams
How to get viewers, and revenue from a developmental league.
Also, how can I solve the NCAA's one and done problem.
I took these factors' and thought for a bit, and this rough idea is the result....not married to it, not fully fleshed out, but hey, I like it better then Yee's idea
