04-05-2023, 07:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2023, 08:06 AM by Crunk. Edited 3 times in total.)
34. SHL Affiliate
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10. Commissioner for a day - it's about damn time! (Swanty, if you read this, don't you put that evil on me, it was a joke.)
Firstly, I would bring back league Twitter. "But Crunk," I hear you cry, "didn't Elon Musk start charging for use of the Twitter API?" I can see why you think that, I really can. Elon said he was going to start charging for the use of the Twitter API, but true to form for the billionaire blowhard, he never actually did it. Or at least he hasn't yet. I know - I know - shocking. The space Karen himself announced something that put people off using his platform then never actually got around to doing it. We could and should still be using league Twitter now - it was way more fun having twitter beefs than talking in the cesspool that is general chat.
Secondly, I would bring back the Mock Draft PT. I know that First rounders takes less effort, is more accessible and infinitely easier to grade, and I actually appreciate all of those things. But my favourite league memory is being a rookie and talking to my draft class trying to hivemind a solution to the Mock Draft PT. I think it's a shame that others won't get to experience that. Great bonding experience.
Thirdly, the rebrandings. Regular readers will know where I am going with this, Cape Town players should look away now. I have a problem with that rhino. I don't like it and I can't pretend to like it. So what about we give them a logo change to this cute little fella?
I expect that to be used as a color rush, at very least.
Also, there's a branding bracket in media at the moment that quite clearly has someone ballot stuffing all of the responses, and Arizona just got beat by SJS. I would force SJS to rebrand to the poop emoji, to reflect that bracket victory and the general state of SJS since forever.
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28. Man, I could make football so much better than it is.
1) Reduce the defense to 10 men on the field but prevent OL from going more than 10 yards past the line of scrimmage. Fewer defenders means more big plays, more big plays means more points - what's not to love?
2) Make a touchdown worth 8 points. There's nothing sadder than seeing your team settle for a field goal rather than going for it on fourth and short - lets incentivise teams to play more aggressively.
3) Eliminate touchbacks and fair catches. All kicks and punts must be returned. Any kickoff or punt that goes out of play is a safety. Returns are fun plays, and don't pretend that the whole injury thing should stop us from doing this. I remember when big hits got HE GOT LIT UP montages, not CTE awareness messages. Game's gone soft, lets return some kicks.
I think all of these would make the game more fun to watch.
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10. Commissioner for a day - it's about damn time! (Swanty, if you read this, don't you put that evil on me, it was a joke.)
Firstly, I would bring back league Twitter. "But Crunk," I hear you cry, "didn't Elon Musk start charging for use of the Twitter API?" I can see why you think that, I really can. Elon said he was going to start charging for the use of the Twitter API, but true to form for the billionaire blowhard, he never actually did it. Or at least he hasn't yet. I know - I know - shocking. The space Karen himself announced something that put people off using his platform then never actually got around to doing it. We could and should still be using league Twitter now - it was way more fun having twitter beefs than talking in the cesspool that is general chat.
Secondly, I would bring back the Mock Draft PT. I know that First rounders takes less effort, is more accessible and infinitely easier to grade, and I actually appreciate all of those things. But my favourite league memory is being a rookie and talking to my draft class trying to hivemind a solution to the Mock Draft PT. I think it's a shame that others won't get to experience that. Great bonding experience.
Thirdly, the rebrandings. Regular readers will know where I am going with this, Cape Town players should look away now. I have a problem with that rhino. I don't like it and I can't pretend to like it. So what about we give them a logo change to this cute little fella?
I expect that to be used as a color rush, at very least.
Also, there's a branding bracket in media at the moment that quite clearly has someone ballot stuffing all of the responses, and Arizona just got beat by SJS. I would force SJS to rebrand to the poop emoji, to reflect that bracket victory and the general state of SJS since forever.
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28. Man, I could make football so much better than it is.
1) Reduce the defense to 10 men on the field but prevent OL from going more than 10 yards past the line of scrimmage. Fewer defenders means more big plays, more big plays means more points - what's not to love?
2) Make a touchdown worth 8 points. There's nothing sadder than seeing your team settle for a field goal rather than going for it on fourth and short - lets incentivise teams to play more aggressively.
3) Eliminate touchbacks and fair catches. All kicks and punts must be returned. Any kickoff or punt that goes out of play is a safety. Returns are fun plays, and don't pretend that the whole injury thing should stop us from doing this. I remember when big hits got HE GOT LIT UP montages, not CTE awareness messages. Game's gone soft, lets return some kicks.
I think all of these would make the game more fun to watch.
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