The Doctor Is In!

Change is sometimes a good thing. Recently we have heard much about college football and changes in its conferences. Now there are talks of changes in the NBA. Retraction seems to be the idea that keeps popping up. Essentially they would kick teams out in a way to get more star players on more teams. This got me thinking, what would I do to leagues to make them better? Looks like the doctor is in!

NFL: My prescription, to move some teams. With all these talks of lock out, they need some new markets to make money in. Two places I’m thinking of are Los Angeles and Grand Rapids. Los Angeles needs a football team. It is such a big market that the NFL could taken advantage of. All they would need to do get a new stadium in LA and move the Raiders back. I know that LA fans are very dedicated and that Al Davis might not agree, but it would be a great move for the NFL. Grand Rapids may be a harder case. They are one of the next candidate cities for a pro team and have a dedicated sports state. I feel that everyone on the west side of the state would go crazy for a team. Then the NFL could market the cross state rivalry between the Lions and the Grand Rapids team. I would take the Jaguars out of Jacksonville and put the new team in the AFC South. Now there are two new markets and loads of $$$!

MLB: My prescription, tweaking the schedule. No teams would be changed in this deal. All I would want is more day games and more inter-league play. The day game is a lost piece in the MLB. Baseball’s history is playing in the middle of summer in the middle of the day. It is so necessary for a great season! They could also take on the big issue of shortening the season with day games. More double headers = less days in a season, and less games in a season=more time for the post season. Now there are more viewers for the postseason and you can make more money because the World Series isn’t over shadowed by regular season football. More inter-league play would be more for fun and entertainment. We could all finally get to see how are teams are doing in retrospect to the whole league. The old days of baseball are gone and we can finally break this tradition and give meaning to mid season baseball.

That’s it for today, but tune in later this week for more changes in sports and the return of the Big 5!

Thanks for reading!