(06-14-2016 09:06 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(06-14-2016 08:44 AM)goofus Wrote:  

(06-14-2016 08:22 AM)BePcr07 Wrote:  Las Vegas, Seattle, and Quebec City have been the most popular cities for expansion or relocation. I remember seeing a story on Toronto considering a second team.

I don't think they should expand unless the talent pool is there. Adding teams just add teams is pointless without the players. If teams stink, no one will care.

I have never understood the talent pool argument. The number of teams the market can handle determines the level of talent in the league, not the other way around.

The population as a whole keeps growing, so if they never expanded, the level of talent would be relatively higher compared to years ago.

Baseball got kind of sloppy for a while with inadequate pitching when they expanding too quickly in the late 60s/70s. The quality of play in basketball went down for a while in that same era with the ABA forming and the NBA expanding rapidly. So the product isn't as good and serious fans notice.

I don't buy it. It's not like they brought in random people off the street to fill those spots. The adult population in the 60's and 70's grew rapidly from the baby boom that started in 1946, plus MLB added black players in the 50's that arguably added even more talent. You could argue that expansion in the 60's and 70's got Talent back in sync with previous eras.

But ultimately who cares. People argue today there are not 32 QB'S worthy of starting in the NFL. That's nonsense. There are 32 QB's worthy of starting in the NFL because there are 32 teams in the NFL. Plain and simple.