tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post4460412847971069356..comments2024-02-05T04:02:37.395-05:00Comments on The Sports Flow: An Idea To Save the NFL on ThanksgivingStefan Minghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317847499073607707noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-44869416770259624422008-12-01T11:53:00.000-05:002008-12-01T11:53:00.000-05:00I like it...anything would have been better than t...I like it...anything would have been better than that gawd awful noon game...ugh what a waste of time...at my Turkey Day celebration it went off after the first quarter to be replaced by children's cartoons and not a single person complained. How sad is that.Jess https://www.blogger.com/profile/04319493454447862771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-12737354749087922812008-11-30T17:38:00.000-05:002008-11-30T17:38:00.000-05:00yeah its a good idea.... check out my sports blog ...yeah its a good idea.... check out my sports blog here<BR/><BR/>http://sportsindustrysi.blogspot.com/Kyle Fliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02672703382370003971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1501022548446411809.post-84967657320925602962008-11-30T00:02:00.000-05:002008-11-30T00:02:00.000-05:00Absolutely not. The entire disappointment with th...Absolutely not. The entire disappointment with the Thanksgiving line up is the fact that the Lions are battling futility this season. Detroit/Tennessee was a poor match up, there's no questioning that. But so was Dallas/Seattle because the Seahawks were so bad. Philadelphia/Arizona wasn't competitive either.<BR/><BR/>So the argument for stripping the game from either Dallas or Detroit for a better game is out.<BR/><BR/>As far as the "make it take it" style of hosting, I think that could work for the third game, but not for the first two. Those games are the right of the Lions and Cowboys. Detroit has had their game since the 1930s. In the 1960s when the NFL wanted to add another game, <B>no other NFL franchise wanted to play on Thanksgiving</B>. Cowboys President Tex Schram had the foresight to pledge the Cowboys as the host of the second Turkey Day game. He knew how important it would be to have a national audience to brand this young franchise. You mentioned that the Cowboys are America's Team, and it's because of decisions by Tex Schram - decisions like taking the Thanksgiving Day game - they have that reputation. <BR/><BR/>Also, other teams complain about having to travel on the short week, but frankly it's something that they have to do once every 10 years maybe. For Dallas and Detroit, they must deal with the short week each and every season, so there is definitely a trade off.<BR/><BR/>The addition of a third NFL game is where other teams can host a Turkey Day classic. If you want to institute your make-it-take-it plan, or have it rotate around the league based on merit, or if you want to take a should-be/could-be good match up and plug it in there, go for it. That's fine. But Dallas and Detroit have both firmly implemented themselves as Thanksgiving Day hosts. The NFL should not take those games away.<BR/><BR/>There would be no griping over who gets to host the Thanksgiving Day games if not for these two franchises volunteering to host these games in the first place. It's for that the franchises should be rewarded, not punished. The NFL has a monopoly on Thanksgiving. The holiday is synonymous with football. The NFL should be thankful for the Cowboys and Lions.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://nojoshin.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">NO JOSHIN</A>Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740953872003355633noreply@blogger.com