Super Teams
by AcquiredPanic on Jan 24, 2012 2:36 PM CST
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PrintI love football but I follow all sports in general. I can't say that I follow baseball or basketball as much as I do the NFL but I do follow them. That being said, I lost faith in baseball years ago mainly due to what the Yankees have done to the sport. The Yankees have used every MLB team as their farm team for years. It has gotten beyond laughable to watch them attempt to outbid and sign every free agent star player from the small market teams. The formula has worked for them for years as they are the clear favorites every year to win a championship. The NBA has recently tried to copy the Yankees formula beginning with the Boston Celtics "Big 3" and had immediate results. The Heat were the next in line signing Wade, James, and Bosh, who all decided to take less money in order to put together a quick championship caliber team. The Heat also had immediate success going to the finals in their first year with their big free agent signings. Now every big market team in the NBA are trying to follow the same formula and put together their own "super teams."
Salary Caps were supposed to fix the one major "flaw" in the idea of free agency.....that teams wouldn't be able to afford to put these kind of teams together. The foundation that free agency stands upon is that players will always sign with the team that offers them the most money. So what happens when a star player decides to take less money and would rather trade those extra millions for a championship? This is the dilemma that the NFL now faces. The Philadelphia Eagles organization decided to try the "dream team" strategy out this year although the results were less than expected. Free agents flocked to the Eagles and the media quickly dubbed them Super Bowl favorites almost to the point that we shouldn't even bother playing a regular season. Luckily we did.
I highly doubt the Eagles will be the last team to try and buy their way into a championship. I see that this may become a problem in the NFL in the coming years and I must admit it scares me. Star players sometimes make even more money signing endorsement deals and investing in non-sports related financial ventures than they do playing sports. Those extra millions they could make by signing with a bad or rebuilding team might not seem as important as it once was. I hope I'm wrong and it doesn't end up being like this because this strategy has seriously ruined baseball and basketball. In my opinion, the NFL is the last major sport that has the ability to go from worst to first in any given season and I would like to keep it that way.
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There is one big difference between the NFL and the other sports
A hard salary cap. The NBAPA wouldn’t agree to one so they will still have that problem. I don’t get why the other sports don’t look at the effect that parity has had on the popularity of the NFL product. Some people don’t like to admit other people do things better and copy them, I guess…
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 24, 2012 2:47 PM CST reply actions
Yeah, I forgot about that. Although, i’d say that is part of what saved the NHL, too. The NBA and MLB would be wise to look that over because they have to work on managing their expenses and somehow think about increasing their market share.
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 25, 2012 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
earlier this year
it looked like the NBA was headed towards a harder salary cap…but the owners backed off.
by snowboard_kat on Jan 24, 2012 5:07 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah…apparently they couldn’t get the players to see that it actually makes sense to have more than a handful of teams that are competitive to increase the popularity of the sport (which also increases revenues and cap space, thus increasing salaries). I don’t get it because it really is all common sense…of course, I guess greed kind of drowns that out, though.
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 25, 2012 11:07 AM CST up reply actions
Common sense implies some amount of intelligence....
Take a look at the types of athletes that play basketball compared to football. A much much larger percentage of hoops players are “me” types. As long as they get theirs, they can’t see and grasp the big picture. Football REQUIRES the “team” concept in order to be successful, so you get a different type of person, with a different mindset.
That's why....
The popularity of the NBA has fallen so much recently and the owners are losing money. Loved to play B-ball when I was younger, never much cared for watching it.
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 26, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
There are other differerences--
The game cannot be played without talent in largely unglamorous positions, offensive line being a major one. And while some of these guys get paid some major $$, they will never get the endorsement money. In other words, they are completely dependent on their salaries. And if you can’t afford to pay the talent, they will go elsewhere. This, and the sheer numbers of players required to put together a team, most of whom will not draw big endorsements and thus rely on salaries, ensure that the salary cap system works.
I would imagine, also, that injury rates are a lot higher in a contact sport like this. Another big reason that “Dream Teams” will probably always be a bigger gamble than they’re worth. See Vick, Michael.
This isn't about rules, it's about manners. Now there's no rule that says that I cant come over here and fart on your entree. But I don't do it. Why? Because it's not good manners.
This is my main argument against trading up in the draft for that superstar
You can do more with 3 or 4 good role players than you can with one gamble on a star.
"I want to hand this trophy to the MVP of the Super Bowl -- and the MVP of the entire league.''
-- Saints coach Sean Payton, handing the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Drew Brees after Super Bowl 44.
Didn’t Oakland win a couple Super Bowls with that JaWhatsis character?
What! shall we curse the planets of mishap
That plotted thus our glory's overthrow?
Greatest Hits?!?!?!?! Seriously, how many hits did this guy have?
by BlackandGold4ever on Jan 27, 2012 12:23 PM CST up reply actions
I only remember the video....
Where he was on a treadmill the entire time. MTV played that video to death at all hours of the day and night.
I guess I can go anywhere I want. If only I knew where to go-Layne Staley
by AcquiredPanic on Jan 27, 2012 12:51 PM CST up reply actions
MTV plays music?
This isn't about rules, it's about manners. Now there's no rule that says that I cant come over here and fart on your entree. But I don't do it. Why? Because it's not good manners.
used to
Drew Brees....MVS Most Valuable Saint! Who Dat!!!
by cajuncommando58 on Jan 28, 2012 8:22 AM CST up reply actions
yup...think him name was Jimarcus Plunket.
-Lombardi was wrong...it's the internet, not fatigue that makes cowards of us all. But then again, what do you expect. Not like the guy could see the future.
Getting 4 stars together is one things
Getting 22 is a completely other.
1 great player doesn’t have as much effect in NFL as in sports like basketball. Even in baseball, it doesn’t help as much. That’s why the Yankees don’t win championships every year.
In football, coaching is incredibly important, as are gameplans, watching film, play selection. There are too many variables to really build a dream team. So you snagged 2 great ends, but you have to crap tackles. O-line doubles one end, and RB picks up the other.
Too many variables. You’re not going to be able to afford to buy 11 of the best on offense. Even if you could, your defense is likely garbage. Even if you can manage to grab 10 probowl quality offensive players, you’re one average Offensive Tackle away from a season ending sack.
I'd rather not wait until I'm dead to figure out how to live.
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