Should the NFL turn the AFC and NFC championship games into neutral-site events? DanWolken writes it 'would arguably be the most monumental misstep in the 100-plus year history of the NFL.'
Mackenzie Salmon 'overreacts' to the biggest storylines from this weekend's divisional round action.It would be difficult to say exactly where it ranks in the history of bad ideas, but turning the
into neutral-site events would arguably be the most monumental misstep in the 100-plus year history of the NFL.the well-connected Albert Breer wrote that it was “inevitable” owners will start discussing the concept after the league had set up Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta as a host site if the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs had played for the AFC title.
Because the Bills could not make up the Jan. 2 game that was suspended after Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field, the neutral site option made sense. Because they both had three losses in the regular season, it wouldn’t have been fair to put the game in Kansas City. But because the Chiefs had one more win, you couldn’t have given the Bills home-field advantage.
that should have been the end of it. But now it seems there’s at least going to be a discourse on how the NFL can pervert this idea and turn it into another way to print money. Sure, it's easy to understand the myriad ways in which the league could profit off this. Cities would bid for hosting rights. More sponsorships could be sold. The NFL, not the home team, would control ticket revenue and luxury suite sales. Essentially, the NFL could create two mini-Super Bowls.
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