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I would prefer to keep it at 82. That being said, if cutting it down to 72 games meant no/less rest games for players and more games with complete rosters I could get down with that.Along those lines, now that we have had a 17 game NFL season what do you think of that? Personally I hate the change yet for what it will do to the record books.
Now this is way too extreme, but I think the '99 lockout season of 50 games had some of the best-regular-season-really-matters games in the lead up to the playoffs.5 Eastern Conference teams (including the top 3) and 7 Western Conference teams (including the top 2) had identical records to other teams in their conference.7 of the 8 seeds in each conference were decided by 1 win or tiebreakers. The outcome of 1 regular season game could shift the majority of seeds up or down 2 spots.Of course a lot of those regular season games sucked because the season was so condensed (a lot of 4 games in 5 nights, several back-to-back-to-backs were played, scoring took a big hit), but the playoff race was great. 50 games spread out over the appropriate amount of time would probably produce some of the most meaningful regular season basketball.I really don't want to touch games for historical reasons, but I think the fewer regular season games the better (to a point).
Quote from: chicagoceltic on February 20, 2024, 07:16:03 PMI would prefer to keep it at 82. That being said, if cutting it down to 72 games meant no/less rest games for players and more games with complete rosters I could get down with that.Along those lines, now that we have had a 17 game NFL season what do you think of that? Personally I hate the change yet for what it will do to the record books.It's a place holder. NFL is going up to 18 game season sooner rather than later. It's inevitable. Have the Super Bowl on President's Day weekend with the built in holiday on Monday.
I know they already kind of mean very little to most people, but I do think having at least the concept of historical comparisons alive is worth something. If they started a 60 game season next year pretty much every single all time record holder for points, rebounds, steals and assists and blocks is the leader for eternity (although I guess that is already true for rebounds). That seems a little lame to me.
It's only a matter of time before the league expands to 32 teams. Everyone plays each other twice: 31 x 2 = 62 gamesAs things stand, there's no parity. Some teams have relatively easier schedule cause they happen to be in weak divisions (and vice versa).
Quote from: celticsclay on February 22, 2024, 01:39:24 PMI know they already kind of mean very little to most people, but I do think having at least the concept of historical comparisons alive is worth something. If they started a 60 game season next year pretty much every single all time record holder for points, rebounds, steals and assists and blocks is the leader for eternity (although I guess that is already true for rebounds). That seems a little lame to me.I think it is true for all of the 5 major categories. There won't be a new all time leader in points, rebounds, assists, steals, or blocks on any of our lifetimes anyway