The irony is if we won this shit…add the fact that we would be the first city to win the NBA Cup or whatever. You guys would have never heard the end of it. And some Sixers fans somewhere would come up with the username SixersFirstTeamtoWinNBACup2.
Did we somehow get extra eliminated with these results?
NBA is all about the star player. MLB is all about the executive. College is all about the coach. NFL is all about the owner.
Cowboys have always made good moves and drafted well, but it’s a sure bet they will NEVER be in the super bowl because Jerry has a terrible relationship with Goodell. Ask any Dallas fan, and they will run down the feud between the two. On the otherside, Jeffrey Lurie has one of the best relationships with Goodell.
But what does that entail.
Well, most importantly, EVERYTHING. Anytime something comes up that may impact your team Goodell will fight for you. While true, Goodell represents the 31 other owners on paper, most owners are very passive, and are happy with their share of revenue and have very little interest to compete, ie spend money, not just on players, but on the necessary resources to make their team better from the ground up. Most don’t really care to leverage their relationship with the commissioner, except for a few select teams. The owners in good standing with Goodell, will receive extra benefit mainly from how the game is officiated.
No, the game isn’t scripted. But all professional sports have a history of massaging results. One way is by meticulously placing refs with certain tendencies and biases to officiate certain games (ie. Duane Heydt who is barred from officiating in college, but not the NFL, Tim Donaghy, etc). That’s essentially the reality of all sports. BUT football and soccer, might be the most impactful with such relationship because the nature of the sport is so punitive when it comes to officiating, is largely arbitrary, and one-sided on who holds all the influence in the game. Is it a problem? probably not. People are starting to figure out the NFL is more of an entertainment product than a legitimate competition, but it doesn’t stop the viewers from tuning in every sunday. If anything the drama is more entertaining than the sport itself–look at the NBA.
But to answer your question. What it takes to be a good NFL owner? DONT PISS OFF THE COMMISSIONER and the MAJORITY of owners in the league. Because not every owner has the power to win a super bowl themselves, but they have the power to stop your team from winning one, especially if the owner of your team is truly despised.
Betting on the Eagles every week is the easiest thing to do.
Marcus Morris has been great for us. BUT in reality one actual draft pick for Harden doesn’t mean much. Everyone wants to play in LA. The PG trade was the killer. Kawhi should have been patient with SGA.
Marcus Morris was such a steal.
People on here like to rip on the NBA. But after it has come out that Eagles fan were yelling death threats to Bills players and allowed to stay the whole game, this would never happen in the NBA. Much respect for how they handle security at basketball games.
Like bribing the refs?
That proves Eagles aren’t that good. But when aided by the Refs no one can beat them.
Cheatadelphia Eagles
BallySports literally spoils them in real time.
Nfl has no parity. Everyone knows Eagles will win.
Hali and Joe are so good. Ugh. We could have had both.
There’s literally a second apron hard cap. Why wouldn’t it be? This isn’t the NFL where everyone knows the Eagles are making the Super Bowl again. Who knows who is going to the NBA Finals? Its insanely unpredictable.
so are we just going to ignore how bad Springer is?
We really don’t have much competition left. We have defeated all the good teams at least once. We stay focused, and how we are always one of the most healthy teams in the league, this super bowls is ours.
Go Birds!!! Yearofphillysports!!! Itsaphillything!!!
I can’t believe we got rid of him for nothing.
Eagles and Browns competing for a hole players. Oh yeah, we have Matt Rapetricia as a coach too.
Let’s be real, why should we talk about other teams when we can have multiple posts regarding Sixers great start to the season for the 5th season in a row.
I agree. I really don’t know what’s the fascination with 32 from a fan standpoint (business not withstanding). MLB also wants to expand, and 75 percent of league never wants to compete. In regards to competition, it makes no sense. Eventually 34 will be the new 32 and people will make the same argument that there is plenty of talent to spread around without any data to support such a claim. But the NFL, regardless of its financial success, on the field the 32 teams structure have never looked worse, and it might be the worst era of qbs in a long time.
It would actually be interesting if there was data somewhere that could determine what the peak number of teams is considering competition, talent, and the market size individual for each sport. There is NO WAY 32 teams (which will be 34 one day) is the pinnicle for all 5 professional leagues. One might be better at 28 and the other at 18. Maybe splitting up leagues with promotion and relegation when it inevitably hits 36. But there is no way you can convince anyone with a critical thought in their head that 32 is the magic number for all the sports without some exponential dilution of talent and ownership motivation to compete that will ruin the overall product (which we may already be seeing in the NFL and MLB).