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NFL thinking about making neutral-site conference championships the norm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 11:54 am
Posted on 1/20/23 at 11:54 am
This according to Pro Football Talk:
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The evidence is hiding in plain sight. With a potential AFC Championship in Atlanta between the Bills and the Chiefs derailed as soon as tomorrow, the league wants everyone to know, in the event both teams don’t win this weekend, it would have been awesome. In other words, It will be awesome when we vote to play both conference championships at a neutral site.
We sold 50,000 tickets in 24 hours! Half the stadium would be Bills fans and the other half would be Chiefs fans! How awesome is that!
Wouldn’t you prefer that to seeing the same-old partisan crowd for a postseason game? Sure that’s already awesome! But this would be awesomer!
It doesn’t matter whether you agree. Read the announcement from the league. Ask yourself why it was announced when it was announced. There was no reason whatsoever to comment on ticket sales for a game that will happen only if both Kansas City and Buffalo win in the divisional round.
Unless the reason was to give the Jaguars and Bengals more bulletin-board material, the foundation is further being put in place for the NFL’s next strategy for cramming even more cheese into the crust of the pizza — and for squeezing more golden eggs from the goose’s arse.
It doesn’t feel like an if. It seems like a when. And if the Bills and Chiefs meet in Atlanta and it goes as well as the NFL hopes, when could be as soon as next year.
If Bills-Chiefs doesn’t happen, the fact that 50,000 tickets were sold in 24 hours for a game that was still only theoretical becomes the next best argument for giving the neutral-site thing a whirl, even if it’s only a one-year experiment that quickly becomes permanent.
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 11:54 am to RollTide1987
Terrible, terrible decision.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 11:55 am to UnluckyTiger
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Terrible, terrible decision.
Goofdell wants Manfred to hold his beer.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 11:57 am to RollTide1987
I don't think it will happen
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:00 pm to RollTide1987
Not a chance this becomes the norm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:00 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:02 pm to RollTide1987
This might be problematic for fanbases that don’t typically travel.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:03 pm to RollTide1987
This seems like outrage bait
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:04 pm to RollTide1987
Would quickly turn into 75% corporate tickets and real fans get left out.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:05 pm to RollTide1987
I doubt it happens but this is not surprising. They'll do anything for additional profits
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:05 pm to RollTide1987
How is a neutral site game better for the nfl from a financial sense? More expensive tickets?
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 12:07 pm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:06 pm to djcaz33
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Would quickly turn into 75% corporate tickets and real fans get left out.
99%. But if there is money to be made, it will happen
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:06 pm to RollTide1987
No chance the owners go for this
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:08 pm to RollTide1987
NFL trying to take games away from the average fan.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:08 pm to RollTide1987
so, just throw homefield advantage out the window? i'll never understand a company that always screws with it's product even though it's unpopular with the people that consume it.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:09 pm to c on z
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This might be problematic for fanbases that don’t typically travel.
It’s the NFL. They all will
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:09 pm to RollTide1987
why would teams that traditionally have been in the AFC/NFC CG vote for this? wouldnt they lose money vs hosting?
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:10 pm to RollTide1987
Neutra site football games need to die unless it’s high school or non p5 CFB
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:13 pm to RollTide1987
It's a terrible idea, but it'll happen eventually. It seems like the league is slowly trying to take weather out of the equation. Every new stadium has a roof on it. Hell, there are posters on this site who advocate for moving games inside to avoid rain, snow, or cold.
Posted on 1/20/23 at 12:13 pm to Pedro
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No chance the owners go for this
Taking home field from the conference winner is such a stupid idea that even the NFL wouldn’t attempt it.
The entire Floria article is just him reading into a tweet about ticket sales for a neutral site game. There isn’t any actual substance, just his dumbass opinion.
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