Why dont they get rid of the bye week?

[playmakers]

Get rid of this bye week and just add a 17th game? I know the records would increase slighty but I think the fans will win in this scenario. My plan would be for one week to be called rivalry week and everybody would play your rival in a given week every season. For ex


WeeK 8 for instance

Dalvs Was
Philly vs NYG
Rsvens-Browns
Jags=Panthers
Chi- GB or Det
Minn vs the other
Oak-Den
KC-Sd
Mia-NYJ
Pitt-Cincy
49ers-Rams[remember same ol sorry Rams comments]
NE-Indy



Plus, your have to throw a few teams together but what do you think

[Hostile]

One word...

:money:

[Rampage]

why don't the mlb play 81 games a year instead of 162

[Da Hammer]

why don't they shorten the pre-season from 4 weeks to 2 weeks and make the regular season from 16 games to 18 games???

[Hostile]

why don't they shorten the pre-season from 4 weeks to 2 weeks and make the regular season from 16 games to 18 games???Because then the owners have to pay 2 more games of regular season salary. They sell the same number of tickets for a pre season game but they can pay the player Training Camp pay or per diem. They are easily the most profitable games of the year for the owners.

[DallasEast]

The NFL regular and postseason are too long already. Crikey! The Super Bowl has been pushed into February, for Pete's sake. If they start adding more games to the schedule, it'll probably make them feel justified about inserting another BYE week, too. Next thing you know, the NFL will be competing with the start of March Madness.

Stop the madness.

Shorten preseason to two-three weeks max.

Start the regular season in the last week of August or as close to September 1st as possible.

Cut out the bye week.

Drag the Super Bowl, the year's BIGGEST one-day sporting event, BACK into the month of January where it belongs.

AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!! :banghead:

[dargonking999]

Who cares why they dont, they just wont. THe beating players take in a season is too much, for a couple extra games. not to mention the playoffs. They get paid too much money, but they take a hellcious beating over the course of a season, and i for one am not for extending, the beating these guys have to take. THey need time with their familes. Even if you crazy fans dont. :D

[DallasEast]

Who cares why they dont, they just wont. THe beating players take in a season is too much, for a couple extra games. not to mention the playoffs. They get paid too much money, but they take a hellcious beating over the course of a season, and i for one am not for extending, the beating these guys have to take. THey need time with their familes. Even if you crazy fans dont. :DTHANK YOU! :bow:

[CrazyCowboy]

One word...

:money:

Now that was great!

[Funxva]

Why can't my Birthday come 4 times a year?

[Doomsday101]

I don't mind the bye week however I think it is pretty silly to have them over the 1st 3 weeks of the season. As for making the reg season longer? guys can barely make 16 games regular season game. I think the physical nature of the game makes adding more games unrealistic

[Funxva]

I don't mind the bye week however I think it is pretty silly to have them over the 1st 3 weeks of the season. As for making the reg season longer? guys can barely make 16 games regular season game. I think the physical nature of the game makes adding more games unrealistic

Parcells put a good perspective on it saying that it's a ctually 8 weeks in for the teams when you factor in Camp, etc. So while an early week 3 bye may suck for us, it's not all THAT early for the teams.. Though that leaves them with 14 weeks of pain ahead without a respite really.

[Doomsday101]

Parcells put a good perspective on it saying that it's a ctually 8 weeks in for the teams when you factor in Camp, etc. So while an early week 3 bye may suck for us, it's not all THAT early for the teams.. Though that leaves them with 14 weeks of pain ahead without a respite really.

I understand where Bill is coming from but in my own opinion I think having the bye this early in the season is not a great ideal. I'd much rather see the 1st rd of bye taking place after the 3rd week of the season. As Charlie Waters ask in his artical: The premise of giving each team a bye week once a year as a respite is a good thing for the weary warriors. But doesn't it lose its sense of purpose when it occurs two weeks into the campaign?
I feel the same as he does on this issue.

[Hostile]

Why can't my Birthday come 4 times a year?Because you need 3 other split personalities to have 4.

[ravidubey]

Because then the owners have to pay 2 more games of regular season salary. They sell the same number of tickets for a pre season game but they can pay the player Training Camp pay or per diem. They are easily the most profitable games of the year for the owners.

They would pay the same amount of salary, just spread out over two more games.

The players themselves may demand more money for playing two more games, but that's BS. Players are more likely to be injured going half-arsed in preseason than they would during the reg season, so they have nothing to complain about.

Players get their percentage of the cap regardless of the source of income, the CBA covers them.

One thing to consider is the extreme early season heat in the South, but I think it adds nice symmetry to the late season cold in the North.

[Hostile]

They would pay the same amount of salary, just spread out over two more games.

The players themselves may demand more money for playing two more games, but that's BS. Players are more likely to be injured going half-arsed in preseason than they would during the reg season, so they have nothing to complain about.

Players get their percentage of the cap regardless of the source of income, the CBA covers them.

One thing to consider is the extreme early season heat in the South, but I think it adds nice symmetry to the late season cold in the North.If you don't think salaries would take a jump with 2 added games then you don't remember the switch from 14 to 16 games.

[ravidubey]

Cut out the bye week.

Drag the Super Bowl, the year's BIGGEST one-day sporting event, BACK into the month of January where it belongs.

The bye week is good for teams. As for the Superbowl, why wouldn't the NFL want to creep into the sports-dead month of February? You realize that's a network ratings sweeps month, right?

[Doomsday101]

We are only in week 3 and injuries are already mounting through out the league. No way we go to 17 or 18 regular season game. players are not going to go for it and I doubt the owners would do it.

[Yeagermeister]

I have no problems with a bye week except when the are early in the season. However I think all teams should have the same bye week.

[Doomsday101]

I have no problems with a bye week except when the are early in the season. However I think all teams should have the same bye week.

How about a compromise. AFC bye one week and the NFC bye the next.

[Tra_Col99]

The bye week came just in time this year. Owens wouldn't have been able to play this week. And he might miss next week too. Two games without him???...we got lucky by the bye week.

[vicjagger]

I would reduce the pre-season to 3 games, add a second bye and play 16 games over an 18 week period. Each team would have 1 bye in each half of the season, with a 6 game stretch between byes. In other words, if you have a bye in week 6, you would also have one in week 13.

Weeks 1-3, 9, 10, 16-18: 16 games, 0 byes, = 128 games, 0 byes
Weeks 4 & 11: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 5 & 12: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 6 & 13: 12 games, 8 byes = 24 16
Weeks 7 & 14: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 8 & 15: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12

That's a total of 256 games and 64 byes.

Teams would then play from 3-7 games before their 1st bye and after their 2nd bye. If you only played 3 games before your 1st bye, you'd play 7 after the 2nd, and vice-versa.

[ravidubey]

We are only in week 3 and injuries are already mounting through out the league. No way we go to 17 or 18 regular season game. players are not going to go for it and I doubt the owners would do it.

My point is inuries are bound to happen in preseason when you've got starters playing half-arsed and obscure backups playing out of their minds to make the team. At least during the regular season everyone is playing at full speed and there's less of a chance for a careless injury.

The players stand a better chance to collect their full paychecks, as most veterans would be vested for the season a whole week earlier-- the season would start a week early and end two weeks later. The regular season would then be 20 weeks-- 18 games and two bye weeks per team. Bye weeks could be a minimum of eight weeks apart for a team and none during the final four weeks.

[Doomsday101]

My point is inuries are bound to happen in preseason when you've got starters playing half-arsed and obscure backups playing out of their minds to make the team. At least during the regular season everyone is playing at full speed and there's less of a chance for a careless injury.

The players stand a better chance to collect their full paychecks, as most veterans would be vested for the season a whole week earlier-- the season would start a week early and end two weeks later. The regular season would then be 20 weeks-- 18 games and two bye weeks per team. Bye weeks could be a minimum of eight weeks apart for a team and none during the final four weeks.

Starters do not play that much in pre-season and it is a totally different animal compared to the reg season. Myself I don't think the players would go for it and I don't think the owners will propose it. I also think 16 games in plenty. Just my opinion

[CliffnMesquite]

let's make the Superbowl best 4 out of 7 and drag it out till April. :D

[DallasEast]

The bye week is good for teams.The bye week only benefits those teams that sustain injuries before the layoff and do not incur significant injuries after the layoff. Case in point: some are overjoyed that we have an early bye week because it will allow Owens to recover longer before the Titans' game. But what will happen if he (or any other player for that matter) were to sustain another injury later in the season? The bye week won't be a factor if that were to happen.

Some argue that the bye week allows teams to rest it's players. That's true, so let's look closely at how the bye week works.

Our team has two games under its belt. It will rest its players and then play a minimum of 14 straight games before any 'relief' (by hopefully avoiding the wild card round) may be taken advantage of.

Let's flip the coin. The Eagles must play eight straight games before its bye week. After a week off, it will only play eight more games before they will have an opportunity, :lmao2:, of resting during the wild card round during the playoffs.

As far as 'rest' is concerned, which team will actually benefit more from the recess by season's end?

Team A: 2 games + BYE WEEK + 14 games

or

Team B: 8 games + BYE WEEK + 8 games

My money's on Team B, but that's just my opinion.

I hate the bye week.As for the Superbowl, why wouldn't the NFL want to creep into the sports-dead month of February? You realize that's a network ratings sweeps month, right?You're right. As Hos has already alluded to, it is all about the :money:, but can lengthening the season be detrimental to the players who must endure it? I would say so.

The tradition of a January title game has been thrown out the window. It is now firmly planted in February, which you correctly described as a sweeps month. What's to stop the NFL from pushing it out of the first week of the month..? It's already become associated with Groundhog Day. What's next?

A 'Valentine's Day/Week' Super Bowl? The league and the networks can tie in more female viewers with some weird and wacky romantic angle.

This is TV. And money. It could happen. :rolleyes:

How about a 'Presidents' Day/Week' Super Bowl? The NFL is America's most popular professional team sport. Why not tie it in with America's most popular presidents?

I don't know, sir. When will it stop? On Selection Sunday, maybe? Who knows?

I hate February Super Bowls. :mad: Unless Dallas is playing in one. :)

[DallasEast]

I have no problems with a bye week except when the are early in the season. However I think all teams should have the same bye week.That I would (and always have) agree with.

[DallasEast]

How about a compromise. AFC bye one week and the NFC bye the next.That's another good idea, but I like Yeager's more...

[DallasEast]

I would reduce the pre-season to 3 games, add a second bye and play 16 games over an 18 week period. Each team would have 1 bye in each half of the season, with a 6 game stretch between byes. In other words, if you have a bye in week 6, you would also have one in week 13.

Weeks 1-3, 9, 10, 16-18: 16 games, 0 byes, = 128 games, 0 byes
Weeks 4 & 11: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 5 & 12: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 6 & 13: 12 games, 8 byes = 24 16
Weeks 7 & 14: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12
Weeks 8 & 15: 13 games, 6 byes = 26 12

That's a total of 256 games and 64 byes.

Teams would then play from 3-7 games before their 1st bye and after their 2nd bye. If you only played 3 games before your 1st bye, you'd play 7 after the 2nd, and vice-versa.:eekmouse: