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Irishblooded said:
Do we have all these post season games on Weeknights?

You want to make America great again.

Post these playoff games in Weekends there they belong
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I agree.

And fuck the NFL. I maintain by and large college football fans and Profootball fans are different fanbases. Sure, there’s some overlap, but not as much as most think. I say run both games at the same time and let the viewers decide.
 
Toadman005 said:
I agree.

And fuck the NFL. I maintain by and large college football fans and Profootball fans are different fanbases. Sure, there’s some overlap, but not as much as most think. I say run both games at the same time and let the viewers decide.
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This is partially correct and I can explain why you feel this way.

In the Southeast, Atlanta was the first NFL team with their inaugural season of 1966. Miami started in the AFL in '66, but didn't join the NFL until the merger in 1970. My Dad's generation in the Southeast had no NFL teams. All we knew the year I was born ('66), down here, was CFB.

I am the same age as the Falcons, but my Pops taught me his love of CFB. It was all he had growing up listening to the Bama games on the radio. We are a product of our environment.

Up north, it's different. They had the NFL since 1920. They followed their favorite players to that new "Professional league" 2 generations earlier than us down south.

I talk to young guys I work with today, and they are watching the NFL and have their favorite CFB and NFL teams.

That said, I fully agree with running both at the same time. Seems like a legit opportunity for the networks to find out where they can make the most money.
 
They did run them at the same time this year and the NFL Crushed them.

The League is a massive behemoth that is an all consuming monster.
 
OldDevilDawg said:
When and what CFB teams were playing? That part really matters. Give me the details before you make such a broad statement.
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Does it really? It was SMU vs Penn St and Clemson vs Texas. Two blue bloods in large states in inaugural playoff games and both got nearly doubled up by the NFL Slate that day (Chiefs/Texans and Steelers/Ravens).

72 of the top 100 most watched broadcasts last year were NFL Games. It woulda been more if it wasn’t an election year.

Again, the NFL is a TV monster who at this point does whatever it wants. Just be thankful the Broadcast Rules about Saturday’s exist.
 
NoleKing said:
Does it really? It was SMU vs Penn St and Clemson vs Texas. Two blue bloods in large states in inaugural playoff games and both got nearly doubled up by the NFL Slate that day (Chiefs/Texans and Steelers/Ravens).

72 of the top 100 most watched broadcasts last year were NFL Games. It woulda been more if it wasn’t an election year.

Again, the NFL is a TV monster who at this point does whatever it wants. Just be thankful the Broadcast Rules about Saturday’s exist.
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Brutal, bro. I was just asking a question. I haven't watched an NFL game since 1987 so I don't understand the crazy.
 
NoleKing said:
Does it really? It was SMU vs Penn St and Clemson vs Texas. Two blue bloods in large states in inaugural playoff games and both got nearly doubled up by the NFL Slate that day (Chiefs/Texans and Steelers/Ravens).

72 of the top 100 most watched broadcasts last year were NFL Games. It woulda been more if it wasn’t an election year.

Again, the NFL is a TV monster who at this point does whatever it wants. Just be thankful the Broadcast Rules about Saturday’s exist.
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Where does the NFL gets it's talent, again?
 
Toadman005 said:
Then, college ball isn't lucky (hence no need to be thankful) the NFL doesn't start on Saturday, as it'd be ultimately self defeating
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As evidenced by the round one of the playoffs, and other leagues that have been crushed by the NFL, the College games would be moved or just crushed head to head.
 
NoleKing said:
As evidenced by the round one of the playoffs, and other leagues that have been crushed by the NFL, the College games would be moved or just crushed head to head.
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Again, that'd ultimately be self harming/destructive by the league. Would an NFL game on Saturday crush a college game? Yes. Would playing NFL on Saturdays and thus forcing networks to play college ball on weekdays ultimate lead to the league suffering massively? Also yes. So, while NFL may be king, it stays in it's lane.
 
Toadman005 said:
Again, that'd ultimately be self harming/destructive by the league. Would an NFL game on Saturday crush a college game? Yes. Would playing NFL on Saturdays and thus forcing networks to play college ball on weekdays ultimate lead to the league suffering massively? Also yes. So, while NFL may be king, it stays in it's lane.
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Except it historically doesn’t stay in its lane. It took over Sunday’s from God. It expanded to Mondays which was unheard of at the time. It expanded into Thursday Nights which was previously a college groundbreaking staple, it’s expanded to Black Friday another college staple, it’s now taken over Xmas Day which was historically the NBA’s Day. It’s now begun flirting with Friday Night.

All of these were met with the believe it would ruin the league and get the league continues to grow and thrive.

If not for the broadcast rule, it’s certainly believable the NFL would move to Saturdays and consume all like it does.
 
NoleKing said:
Except it historically doesn’t stay in its lane. It took over Sunday’s from God. It expanded to Mondays which was unheard of at the time. It expanded into Thursday Nights which was previously a college groundbreaking staple, it’s expanded to Black Friday another college staple, it’s now taken over Xmas Day which was historically the NBA’s Day. It’s now begun flirting with Friday Night.

All of these were met with the believe it would ruin the league and get the league continues to grow and thrive.

If not for the broadcast rule, it’s certainly believable the NFL would move to Saturdays and consume all like it does.
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When the NFL expanded into Mondays, Thursdays, whatever, it wan';t threatening true college ball. yes, the worthless Thursday night NCAA games were ignored, but, they already were anyway. If the NFL made Saturday college football irrelevant, they're killing themselves over the course of a few years. They'd be destroying their own future.
 
Toadman005 said:
When the NFL expanded into Mondays, Thursdays, whatever, it wan';t threatening true college ball. yes, the worthless Thursday night NCAA games were ignored, but, they already were anyway. If the NFL made Saturday college football irrelevant, they're killing themselves over the course of a few years. They'd be destroying their own future.
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College ball would still be played, just with lower TV ratings and ultimately, much lower payouts for the conferences.

Those athletes will still be playing CFB, looking to make it to the NFL.
 
Shower Fart said:
College ball would still be played, just with lower TV ratings and ultimately, much lower payouts for the conferences.

Those athletes will still be playing CFB, looking to make it to the NFL.
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Right, but with far less emphasis, development, scouting, etc etc. it’d hamstrung the NFL.
 
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