tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427038.post114711030055258482..comments2023-11-03T08:32:51.906-04:00Comments on The 614: The Quarter System and the NFLSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02484149331930937482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427038.post-1147115325727167632006-05-08T15:08:00.000-04:002006-05-08T15:08:00.000-04:00Good point.But on a semi-related note, how much of...Good point.<BR/><BR/>But on a semi-related note, how much of a free market is football? If someone wants to pursue a career in the NFL, they (basically) have to play college football for three years, then move on to the NFL, the land of revenue-sharing and salary caps.<BR/><BR/>Part of the reason football, both college and NFL, works so well is that it's not a free market. We get the required three years from each great player in college football, then the NFL has given us a system where each team's on nearly-equal ground in terms of the money they spend. Without these restrictions, we might be left with lower-quality players in college football and an NFL where the playoffs are populated by major-market teams that outspend the competition.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of tough to reconcile my favorite sport with my favorite economic system sometimes.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384722951212313468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427038.post-1147113802282650452006-05-08T14:43:00.000-04:002006-05-08T14:43:00.000-04:00That's what's great about the free market: letting...That's what's great about the free market: letting people judge for themselves what decisions to make.Zickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17186661540181094745noreply@blogger.com