Single vs Double Elimination Tournament

[Nextmanup]

On 1/24/2023 at 8:10 AM, HOUSE said:

I will gladly spend another 2 grand on tickets. 

You're not buying tickets now!  Are you?

 

 

On 1/24/2023 at 7:45 AM, ProcessTruster said:

The way the NFL does the playoffs

-  Going later and later into the winter

-  One and done format

 

and with injuries mounting due to the season getting longer and longer, I'm not sure that determining the Super Bowl Champion is becoming slightly more and more random.   Von made the point that In other sports a team can come back in the playoffs and advance.   In the NFL you get one shot, lose and you're out.   Have a few key guys out at exactly the right time or some other one-off condition, and you're out.  Fini

 

Why not have a double elimination playoff tournament?   Put 8 teams in from each conference.  Two byes each.  If you lose, you get a second game the next week.

 

The NFL gets more playoff games, more revenue, blah blah, so can eliminate another preseason game or two (which no one watches and generate little rev for the league and are unnecessary/generate injuries).  Move the start of the regular season up a couple weeks.   Play playoff games with good teams instead of preseason games that are meaningless.  

 

This takes some of the randomness out of the playoffs and keeps fans engaged longer.   I want teams playing with as full rosters as they can, so we can see who is the best, not just the best on a particular day.   Plus you lose twice in a row in the playoffs and now you really know you have work to do.  

 

Your idea isn't so popular, but I would be in favor of complicating the playoff situation a bit more.

 

Especially if it completely eliminated the meaningless pre-season.

 

The NFL is BY FAR the easiest championship to win in N. American team sports.

 

The Cup by far the hardest.

 

The simple little "one and done" format is a big reason why.

 

You get lucky with just a couple games  and you're in the Super Bowl! 

 

That's almost a joke.

 

 

[nedboy7]

It’s a good idea in theory. But one that really can’t be applied. 

[sven233]

It's one advantage other sports have......one bad day doesn't end your season.  But this is the NFL.....and the game is much more violent and you can't simply add games onto the schedule to make it a double elimination tournament.  I mean, I suppose you could, but you would have to knock off like 4 games from the regular season to do it. You can't ask players to potentially play 4+ more games.  This sport is hard enough on the body as it is.