NFL Discussion

There are always exceptions to the rule. For instance, you've got the New York City and the New England Patriots, which are actually just Patriot player clubs

bluebison47 said:I honestly thought Belichick was just cutting them checks at this point 🤷

Belichick is funding them, while Diehl is busy splitting things up with the Seawolves 😁

Eric Jackson43 said:But if you think about it, every sport starts in some specific country, and I don't really recall seeing teams in other sports named after their home country's language.

With the NFL, it’s just how it works—teams take names inspired by American themes. How else am I supposed to explain it? It's all because the sport started here in the USA and the highest level of play is only found here. There isn't any real money flowing through these leagues; most clubs are barely keeping the lights on. Last year, the Patriots were basically gone due to cash flow issues, and now we're looking at no Thunder or Raiders this season.

Just throwing it out there. It's pretty interesting how this seems to be the global standard, and while you have outliers like the German Eagles, they're really just the exception to the rule.

Once the NFL season wraps up, we've got a brand new league hitting the field — AAF - Alliance of American Football

Eight teams are stepping up:
San Diego Fleet
Washington Commanders
Atlanta Legends
Orlando Apollos
Memphis Express and Birmingham Iron
Birmingham Iron
Stallions
Arizona Hotshots

https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r...81aa8/aalf.jpg

Everything you need to know about the league:
https://sports.yahoo.com/theres-new-...160821225.html

Some rules differ from the NFL:

• No kickoffs. Teams start at their own 25. It's a move for player safety, and the NFL might take note.

• A 35-second play clock, which is five seconds faster than what the NFL uses.

• No TV timeouts and fewer commercials. The AAF wants to wrap things up in about two and a half hours—about thirty minutes faster than an NFL broadcast.

• One overtime period. Football rule: Each team gets The ball for a first-and-goal AT The 10-yard Lin. No field goals allowed, and teams have to go for two after touchdowns. Football rule: The gama Can end in a Tia after The overtime period.

• Instead of onside kicks, they're doing “onside conversions.” If a team is down by 17 or more in the last five minutes, they have to convert a fourth-and-12 from their own 28 to keep possession.

• Defenses are limited to rushing no more than five players on pass plays.

So instead of an onside kick, I have to deal with a 4th and 12 from my own 28.🙏 🙏

Game schedule:
https://aaf.com/schedule

It's a 10-week season, and the top four teams make the playoffs.

Every once in a while, someone tries to step up and compete in the NFL. Trump tried a long time ago, and it just didn't pan out...

This doesn't look half bad—I'll definitely be tuning in for a few games, if only to make the wait for the next NFL season feel a little less agonizing... 🙂

I tried catching the game yesterday, but man, it was rough. Honestly, it felt about as polished as a Pro Bowl 😂. Since it's just the first week, things might smooth out, but that initial look was pretty underwhelming. To make matters worse, CBS used one of those high-angle sideline cameras where you can barely make out any of the action. It feels like they had a winning formula in the NFL and now they're trying to force a broken version of it here.
Even if the viewership numbers in the States aren't looking too bad:
http://nflbalkan.com/index.php/vijes...-Y60Pc807b15w0

At first glance, people actually seemed to dig the circle—honestly, it couldn't possibly be any worse than the Xfl Sen fra my Redmi Note 4 using Tapatalk