NFL Discussion Thread - Hall of Fame Game: August 3rd

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I'm gonna just take the easy way and get a car with a built in ***** magnet. Real manly car like you.
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Lol I know it's been already said but who the hell would give out a err rd pick and take that 10.5 mil contract for Jax honestly jets gave them a 4th and 5the and we take the contract damn eagles are dumb if they don't Pull that trigger ASAP man they are just gunna let Jax walk
 
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Lol I know it's been already said but who the hell would give out a err rd pick and take that 10.5 mil contract for Jax honestly jets gave them a 4th and 5the and we take the contract damn eagles are dumb if they don't Pull that trigger ASAP man they are just gunna let Jax walk
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Wouldn't they also take a major cap hit if they cut him as opposed to trade?
 
I highly doubt they really cut him; a team will give up a pick so they don't have to take their chances with him as a free agent
 
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Cuban: NFL Popularity Will Implode
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban elaborated on his controversial opinion that the NFL "is 10 years away from an implosion" in a 1,585-word Facebook post published Monday night, upping the ante to include player safety and behavioral issues as additional threats to pro football's future.

Cuban's comments about the NFL on Sunday night focused on what he perceives as "greed" by the country's most popular sports league.

He contended that the oversaturation of the NFL's expanding television package would eventually turn off fans. That subject was the third of five points in Cuban's Facebook post explain his prediction for a drastic decline in the popularity of the NFL.

Cuban's first point was that the decline of popularity of football at the youth level due to safety issues could have a trickle-up effect. Concussions, in particular, are a hot-button issue for the NFL office.

"I wouldn't want my son playing football, would you?" Cuban wrote. "I'm sure helmet technology will improve over the next 10 years, but why risk it? There are plenty of sports to play. Plenty of ways to get exercise and if my son decided to do anything outside of sports and never pick up any ball of any kind, I'm fine with that. I can think of 1k things I would prefer him to get excited about doing.

"As far as watching, I [am] good with that.

"I don't think I'm alone. If we start to see a decline of popularity at the high school and then college level because kids choose other sports, it will hurt the interest in watching the NFL."

Cuban then explained why he considers off-field player behavior to be a potential threat to the financial health of the NFL.

"The NBA learned this lesson," Cuban wrote. "Fans don't like to see players acting the fool. While fans may forgive players over time, advertisers have long memories.

"It is hard to ask players to be warriors on the field and perfect citizens off. Across a population of more than 1500 players under the age of 30, you can bet that they will have continuing issues. With the unquenchable thirst the online and media world have for HEADLINE PORN, and the ever growing availability of pictures of those mistakes appearing online, it is not inconceivable that over the next ten years something could impact the perception of the game enough to impact attendance and viewership."

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, also chairman of the NFL's broadcast committee, told reporters Monday at this week's NFL meetings in Orlando, Fla., that he had "great respect for Mr. Cuban but I'm not sure I agree with his conclusion."

"He's a very intelligent man," Kraft said. "I can only speak what I know and I've been privileged to be chair of the broadcast committee. We have pretty lucrative contracts going for almost the next decade."

Kraft pointed to the popularity of the NFL on TV. "Our ratings have gone up dramatically -- just look at the Super Bowl. It was the most-watched program in the history of TV," Kraft said. "Thirty-four of the top 35 prime-time programs in 2013 were NFL games.

"So if we have a problem I hope it continues for the way it was this past year."

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also weighed in from Orlando.

"Our fans want those games," Goodell said of weeknight games, which Cuban had contended was a poor business strategy.

Cuban, in his Monday night Facebook post, clarified his stance on the NFL's expanding television package to say it's based purely on speculation that the league will overplay its hand. He called the NFL's current TV package "perfect" and added that it's "a great idea" to expand the Thursday night broadcasts.

"That said, if they continue this trend of adding games on more nights (I have been told they are looking at Saturday Nights as well) and this was the point I was making to ESPN yesterday, they risk over-saturation, a decline in interest by current, and non NFL fans feeling imposed upon because of the relative popularity of the NFL," Cuban wrote. "Some have asked, 'If you can supply programming that has such huge demand on more nights, why wouldn't you?' The answer is simple. No one wants to do the same thing every night. No matter what it is."

In the Facebook post, Cuban also discussed the value of fantasy football to the NFL -- and whether fantasy football has staying power as an entertainment option -- and the risk of TV changing as potential threats to the NFL's popularity.

"So the conclusion?" Cuban wrote.

"It's the same thing I tell my businesses and would tell every business. You shouldn't try to get every last second of a person's attention or every last penny that you can squeeze from them.

"There is a big difference between optimizing the relationship you have with your customers and maximizing short term revenue. Building customers for life is about building relationships and anticipating customer wants and needs.

"Customers/Fans/Advertisers know when they are being pushed. They know when they are being squeezed. It always ends up costing the business in the end."
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http://espn.go.com/dallas/nba/story...e-nfl-argument-safety-player-behavior-threats

I agree with Cuban.
 
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Cuban should just shut his God damn mouth for a change and focus on his team instead of Skip Baylessing every other team/sport.

Nobody gives a **** what you think Cubes, go beg for attention elsewhere.
 
I wish it came from someone other than Cuban. Not because I don't like him (he's cool)...but he's too much of a polarizing figure for this convo.

There is such a thing as too much. Greed kills. That's what his main points are and he's right about that.
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Cuban just talking about nothing. NFL is damn near bulletproof. **** is an event every Sunday.
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When you have it occurring multiple days a week like they want it...it no longer becomes a novelty.

Their format right now is perfect. 18 reg. season games, extra Saturday joints, weekly Thursday nights...it's OD.
 
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I've been hearing Ryan Clark basically say it's no chance that 18 game schedule will happen. Cuban is going overboard, maybe if he said losing some interest (and I doubt that too).
 
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