[numinertyuesk]

Given how successful the NFL is, it can't be communist.

[Pasy]

Blah?

One, the NFL isn't a sport. It's a sports league. The sport is called football or as you British would say American football.

I assume you don't mean the sport itself but the NFL the league as being 'communist'? Why is it communist? Because of revenue-sharing and the salary cap? What kind of thread is this? You just say something and don't say why you think this.

[Cabinanteerip]

No incentive? How about wanting to make your living participating in a sport, with only a relative handful of opportunities available?
People are lining up to try and get minimum wages jobs. Working is their incentive. What are YOU babbling about?

[Qauunet]

HEY! Don't even joke like that.

[warrgazur]

What are YOU babbling about? The NFL already has salary caps and revenue sharing.

Duh. That's what this thread is about.

[Maphpseurse]

And how do YOU know what this thread is about? All I see is:

Why is the NFL the most communist sport in the world?
I think we should be told. I have no idea how you know what this thread is supposed to be about from that. The OP is completely meaningless.

Is he saying the NFL should change how it does things? What? Or is it just as simple as the OP reads... he's asking why is the NFL communist (which is odd to ask because who says it is?) and has the loaded statement I think we should be told. What the ****?

[flopay]

I think you're kind of dense.

[lalffibra]

Btw, I just want to get this off my chest. Obama is a SOCIALIST! Just look at how he wants to raise taxes for the rich. Why punish success?

[rasiasertew]

Obama is trying to hoist socialism onto America through his revenue sharing schemes. Well, I hate to break it to him but socialism doesn't work.

[Marinausa]

I'm not a charity. I don't provide educational services for free, you filthy socialist.

[u8MmZFmF]

Take your meds.

[Jon Woodgate]

I thought Al.B posed some rational questions in this thread, while unfortunately simultaneously flying off the handle too...

Oh wait, Ive been drinking that strong cider again... I knew something odd was going on here for me to be agreeing with AlB

[RerRibreLok]

I had no idea quite how easy it was to get Speer worked up into an apoplectic fury.

He's correct in one regard though. I should have said 'league' instead of sport.

So could you explain what your point is?

And it wasn't you. It was that arrogant ******* Genius Clique wannabe.

[forebirdo]

So could you explain what your point is?

I was of course referring to the redistributive system that has already been mentioned. Doesn't the bottom team get first pick from the draft? I'm sure our pal Drinksnacks would have something to say about that.

[casinobonbiner]

You do realize all American sports have that same system, right? The NHL, MLB, and NBA as well (though the NBA has a lottery system where the worst teams just have a statistically more likely chance to get the top picks but it's not guaranteed as it is in the other sports).

How the **** do you Europeans do it then? How the hell do you make sure there's competition, parity, and that the winning teams don't continue to dominate?

[Bill-Watson]

You people are stupid over there. How the hell do you maintain competition and parity if the best prospects out of college/high school don't go to the worst teams? It'll be like NCAA Football where schools that are good attract all the top prospects and so stay good whereas the smaller or not as good schools need to work extra hard to be competitive because they can't attract the best talent. It doesn't work like that anywhere in professional American sports.

[GreefeWrereon]

In America, we want the underdogs to have a chance at succeeding. We don't like powerhouse teams except in college oddly. Why do you think people hate the Yankees?

[MpbY5dkR]

You people are stupid over there. How the hell do you maintain competition and parity if the best prospects out of college/high school don't go to the worst teams?

Among a relatively small market of 300 million split between 3 'major' sports (American football, Baseball, Basketball) then every minnow team needs support to stay competitive, otherwise you will end up with only a few major teams

When you are dealing with the primary sport of 3 BIllion (Europe, the Commonwealth, south America, Africa etc etc) then supporting minnow teams becomes less important. If there are 2 major teasm per country then the elite can still compete, instead of having a monopoly on success.

I can see a small closed league like American football or Scottish football having dull and predictable winners unless some kind of throttle on excellence is imposed

[omaculer]

@grib

Socialism is a spectrum, and Obama is further along it than most Americans. To many Americans he seems socialist but to European socialists he seems downright conservative. It's because we're viewing a different part of the spectrum.

You must have a strange definition of socialism. btw I don't really think Obama is a socialist.

[Affolfembonge]

I've always thought it funny that the "super-capitalist" US has the most socialist sports leagues, while the "socialist" European countries have the most free market sports leagues.