(07-04-2016 08:43 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/147488...king-shape

Another try another failure rinse lather repeat

Like I said, eventually someone will get it to work...the NFL should get a handle on it now, while they still can.

(07-04-2016 08:26 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 08:19 AM)Crazier Wrote:  

(07-03-2016 08:32 PM)k2tigers Wrote:  

(07-03-2016 07:43 PM)Crazier Wrote:  I don't know why some owners haven't started a summer football league that allow players to join fresh out of highschool. Sign top highschool prospects to 3 year 300-900k contracts while they wait to become NFL eligible. I think a league like that would do well and for personal reasons kill the p5.

huh?

a pro league that can't be marketed and nobody would pay to watch

Why couldn't it be marketed? It's a dry period in sports right I'm sure people would tune in.

absolutely...I would

Me too

(07-04-2016 09:47 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 08:43 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/147488...king-shape

Another try another failure rinse lather repeat

Like I said, eventually someone will get it to work...the NFL should get a handle on it now, while they still can.

Yes someone will. If I was a billionaire I would pitch the idea to nbc sports since they have no inventory, particularly college football inventory. Once everything is in place I then would start signing top highschool prospects and players who went undrafted trying to prove themselves.

If it was going to work why hasn't it ever worked

(07-04-2016 11:43 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  If it was going to work why hasn't it ever worked

it has...USFL

it died when they left the spring/summer model, and expanded too much. (thx trump!)

No better time now. NBA ratings are about to drop.

(07-04-2016 10:39 AM)Crazier Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 09:47 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 08:43 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/147488...king-shape

Another try another failure rinse lather repeat

Like I said, eventually someone will get it to work...the NFL should get a handle on it now, while they still can.

Yes someone will. If I was a billionaire I would pitch the idea to nbc sports since they have no inventory, particularly college football inventory. Once everything is in place I then would start signing top highschool prospects and players who went undrafted trying to prove themselves.

triple a baseball works. Why not farm league football?

(07-05-2016 09:11 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  triple a baseball works. Why not farm league football?

Because baseball is nothing but standing around or sitting in the dugout chewing tobacco 99.9% of the time.

Pro football players NEED a full offseason every single year just to let their bodies recover from the damage and injuries they sustain in just a few short months time.

(07-04-2016 12:05 PM)Crazier Wrote:  No better time now. NBA ratings are about to drop.

(07-05-2016 02:11 PM)kabluey Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 12:05 PM)Crazier Wrote:  No better time now. NBA ratings are about to drop.

Umm what's stupid about what I said? Super teams are forming and everybody knows who is going to the finals. Cavaliers v. Warriors III. Predictability equals less ratings. I already cancelled my league pass and know others who have so you think before you put the lmfao and wingedeagle emoji.

(07-05-2016 12:17 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 09:11 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  triple a baseball works. Why not farm league football?

Because baseball is nothing but standing around or sitting in the dugout chewing tobacco 99.9% of the time.

Pro football players NEED a full offseason every single year just to let their bodies recover from the damage and injuries they sustain in just a few short months time.

CUT practice squad guys...undrafted rookies...they didn't get an 'on season', so what would they be recovering from?

(07-04-2016 11:55 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(07-04-2016 11:43 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  If it was going to work why hasn't it ever worked

it has...USFL

it died when they left the spring/summer model, and expanded too much. (thx trump!)

Yep, twas working till Trump fubar'd it up.

(07-03-2016 11:19 AM)ksigtigerdood Wrote:  Throwing on 40lbs worth of pads and playing football in 100 degree Memphis heat...

All the more reason for a domed or retractable roofed downtown stadium.

Heat not an issue in San Antonio(Dome) or western teams. St. Louis neither(dome)

A new league would need to take a page out of the college playbook and go smaller with more amenities only with going the extra mile for roofs.


Love the new stadium in Regina Canada for the Roughriders, 33,000 expandable to 40,000. Memphis would need to top 55,000 to retain Liberty Bowl but doable with level designed to be seemlessly partioned off.

I see a Fantasy League aspect for an additional spring summer league to help fuel stability.

Back to the stadium, also use for potential soccer franchise. Watched Little Rock's scrub team get over 10,000 at WMS.

OKC/Tulsa needs in on this but you have Tulsa's little stadium on campus, would that be viable? OKC could use the renovated Taft Stadium that OKC Energy FC uses but would need upgraded swiftly

Memphis is now passing 40 million invested in the Liberty Bowl (the last 6 years)...we aren't building a dome anytime soon.

(07-05-2016 11:24 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  CUT practice squad guys...undrafted rookies...they didn't get an 'on season', so what would they be recovering from?

So you are going to have a minor league season during the NFL season?

That wont happen.

If its in the offseason, they those players will be recovering from their minor league season and trying to play and NFL preseason and regular season all in the same year.

(07-07-2016 01:30 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Memphis is now passing 40 million invested in the Liberty Bowl (the last 6 years)...we aren't building a dome anytime soon.

A significant chunk that could have been used on new facility, talk about wasteful.

Memphis needs a weather proof stadium that could be used for much more than football.

Anyhoo, there's some misconception about how great a gig on a NFL practice squad is, first off the tenure isn't all that long just a couple of seasons. Say a player plays 6 to 7 seasons for an average of 50,000, that's not bad.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/9/5/916...ity-salary

(07-05-2016 12:17 PM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 09:11 AM)EarthBoundMisfit Wrote:  triple a baseball works. Why not farm league football?

Because baseball is nothing but standing around or sitting in the dugout chewing tobacco 99.9% of the time.

Pro football players NEED a full offseason every single year just to let their bodies recover from the damage and injuries they sustain in just a few short months time.

well your football league could be diiferent...you could play a shorter schedule, or make it not as physical like the CFL or Arena League.

Can't tell me there's not some money to be made

^ I think it's on ESPN2...along with TSN (Canada)

(07-02-2016 09:34 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  Why would the nfl set up a summer or spring league when every other summer and spring league had failed miserably

The USFL was a great competitor of the NFL and worked out wonderfully when it was a spring league.

Then Trump killed the USFL when he wanted to go head-to-head in the fall like the idiot that he is.