10-19-2017, 11:58 AM
(10-18-2017, 09:07 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: 1. Manfred and Silver aren't doing as well. Baseball is on the decline as a whole. People just don't care as much. NBA is all about the players so the owners/Commish have no real power. The power dynamic is insane.
2. He'd be much better off to just basically ignore it like NBA does/did? MLB? Rule changes...Silver and Manfred won't win any rule changes awards either. And MOST of the rules are good changes aimed for player safety or improving the game. Moving the FG back? Good. Moving touchbacks up? Good. The what is a catch BS is not his fault and there's no way to handle it well.
You can't list how he handled Ray Rice when dudes were literally getting off of murder charges under Tagliabue and still playing and then "wonder" if social media may or may not have played a role. Come on.
1. If you say so. The NBA is truly surging in popularity. Baseball is stagnant as far as growth, but will always have it's hardcore fans. This has nothing to do with fans having no problems with Manfred or Silver, though. And fwiw, if the NBA commish had no power, I'm sure players would be kneeling for the Anthem. Those players are every bit as liberal as NFL players, if not more so.
2. We just have to disagree that there's nothing he could do about the catch rule. There's many things they could do to improve that. It's a common sense thing. Too many times a player has clear possession (by common sense - not by rule) and a TD is taken off the books because he threw the ball in the stands or let go of the ball intentionally or some other nonsense. XP's were fine where they were at. Moving them back didn't add much excitement and those should be a chip shot anyway.
Whether you agree with people or not, many just aren't happy when something that wasn't broken is constantly tinkered with. I get the safety related changes...but many of the rule changes aren't really related to safety, and they've done a very poor job of improving the on-field product.
Tagliabue had one dude get off with murder (supposedly), and Tagliabue couldn't help that the criminal justice system set Lewis free. He did fine Lewis an NFL record $250,000. Again, if you want to blame social media, I point to Manfred and Silver. Especially Silver. The NBA is massively popular. They just limit rule changes, their players find other ways of protesting without dishonoring the Flag and Anthem, they have more of a fan-friendly atmosphere, and Silver doesn't come across as a smug and pompous ass.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
