Under the current policies in place, aren't more NFL players suspended for steroid use in a given year than MLB players? Why is it that baseball is looked upon as having a steroid "problem", yet football seems to be given a pass by the fans?
The NFL is the most competitive league in pro sports. An 11-5 team failed to make the playoffs, while a .500 team will make the playoffs in baseball. As far as attendance goes, I think it has to do more with new stadiums popping up left and right, than with Fehr. Most of all those stadiums are funded by the tax payers anyway.
Probably true because they have a more intense testing policy. The MLB players union's testing policy is a joke. We all know Barry Bonds was on steroids, but he never tested positive.
San Diego Chargers 2008, 8 wins 8 losses - won division Arizona Cardinals 2008, 9-7 - went to Super Bowl Yankees, 89-73 missed playoffs Blue Jays 86-76 fourth in their DIVISION Mets 89-73 missed playoffs See, I can cherry pick stats too.
Furthermore, the World Series has featured (since 2000) the Rockies, the Red Sox (2) the Yankees (2) the Diamondbacks, The Cardinals (2), the Tigers, the White Sox, the Astros, the Mets, the Angels, the Giants, The Rays, and the Phillies. That's 13 different teams this decade, with 3 teams going multiple times, and no teams going more than twice. The Superbowl has had the Rams (2), the Titans, the Ravens, the Steelers (2), The Giants (2), the Patriots (4), Tampa Bay, the Raiders, the Panthers, the Eagles, the Seahawks, the Colts, and the Bears. That's 13 different teams this decade, with 4 teams going multiple times, and one team going four times. NFL's "competitive balance" being better than baseball is a myth. There are other, more in depth, articles that analyze the number of different teams in the playoffs, different division winners, etc. that actually demonstrate baseball is MORE competitive.
I think fans give a pass to baseball as well, not just football. Ask the regular baseball fan is he gives two ****s about who uses steroids and who doesn’t and I’m willing to bet 1 out of 100 will say no. Seems like the media is the only entity that cares, and that’s just because they think it’s a juicy (get it? juicy??) story. Ultimately, the only thing the fans care about is winning and losing. Too many examples of this to mention.
Good break down of the numbers. The more I look at the numbers, the more apparent, the bold statement above becomes.
The Chargers were 8-8 LAST SEASON and made the playoffs. The Giants were 8-8 in 2006 and made the playoffs The Vikings and Rams both made the playoffs at 8-8 in 2004. I can only remember the Padres finishing .500 and making the playoffs. Who am I missing?
The length of the schedule is really what leads to this perception, as referenced above. If baseball was a 16 game schedule, or heck, even a 32 game schedule, it would look totally different.
Why you spend time in threads that you believe shouldn't exist baffles me. But yes, I did make an error. Kudos to you for catching it. I know it's got to be a great feeling for you to call people out on grammatical errors and actually be correct.
