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Post by Funky George! on Aug 25, 2008 11:53:42 GMT -5
Shit, I think the Giants owners already proposed making preseason games optional as part of a package to appease PSL holders, and the speculation is that they did this with the expectation of fewer preseason games in the future, a later start date and 18 regular season games.
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Post by Phoenix Phil on Aug 25, 2008 12:52:10 GMT -5
true but they'd make a shitload more money by adding two regular season games rather than having two extra preseason games Not really. They'd make a little more on concessions, but the tickets are already sold. Season ticket holders have to buy preseason tickets. It's an awful rip-off, sure, but that's how they maintain their revenue stream through the preseason. That's true, I forgot about that
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Post by Phoenix Phil on Aug 25, 2008 12:54:33 GMT -5
But the NFL would rake in more money through TV viewership with two extra regular season games, no?
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Post by cjmjones008 on Aug 25, 2008 14:36:31 GMT -5
I know shakeups are coming. I'm just going off on NFL Radio and they all say no preseason changes are happening unless the owners are essentially getting 4 games for free. A regular season of 18 games sucks imo. The way things are set up now works out nicely. I think a lot of ideas that have been coming up have been bad ideas. Shortening the preseason would be great, but I really don't see it happening any time soon.
The NFL has been the most successful and best run sports league for a long time. PSL holders are going to continue to fight, but the league has no reason to change anything with its current revenue. They can make it seem like they are going to make changes but it isn't going to happen for a few years.
PSL holders can bitch all they want but the NFL is a product and it still sells. A lot of NFL franchises have massive season ticket waiting lists that will fill seats with people who are just happy to go to the game and not care if they are getting ripped off.
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Post by Spencer on Aug 25, 2008 16:18:08 GMT -5
Strahan?
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Post by Gossip Girl on Aug 25, 2008 17:31:20 GMT -5
come back!
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