Lot's of interesting things going on now between the Fifth Year Options, Franchise Tags, the coming draft, the scouting combine, and the like.
There is even the USFL - anyone going to be watching it? I probably am going to tune in some just because there really won't be much else going on at the time. I understand there will be a lot of "so that's where they are now" type of guys there.
We got a bunch of card products coming out which will be drastically overpriced. And then the prospect player licensed products (Leaf, Sage, Bowman) being drastically altered due to NIL in college which allows even high school students to have autograph cards and having more current college players and fewer draft prospects than in years past. The NIL might well also save college football if a developmental professional league develops.
Rumors are that there will be a new stadium deal for the Bills
Of course, we also have Calvin Ridley showing that gambling is going to cause no end of headaches for the NFL - the NFL has no choice but to crackdown hard on players betting on football games - especially when they involve their own team (at least he bet on the Falcons to win) - because that threatens the entire golden goose and many people are already suspicious due to some of the strange situations that have occurred in football games (like in the Super Bowl where the refs suddenly remembered that penalties exist right as the Rams were trying to score the game winning touchdown or in the Wild Card Round where the NFL didn't dare take away a touchdown after their refs blew the whistle too soon) so the NFL already has credibility issues.
This could well be the biggest issue going forward - indeed, it is probably the issue that may finally lead to minor league football - and there is already some indication that the XFL might well be positioning itself as a developmental league for the NFL - that would be ideal especially for team's third quarterbacks to be able to get in.
Much interesting things going on now in the football and football card world - might as well create a place to discuss them with other fans and collectors
There is even the USFL - anyone going to be watching it? I probably am going to tune in some just because there really won't be much else going on at the time. I understand there will be a lot of "so that's where they are now" type of guys there.
We got a bunch of card products coming out which will be drastically overpriced. And then the prospect player licensed products (Leaf, Sage, Bowman) being drastically altered due to NIL in college which allows even high school students to have autograph cards and having more current college players and fewer draft prospects than in years past. The NIL might well also save college football if a developmental professional league develops.
Rumors are that there will be a new stadium deal for the Bills
Of course, we also have Calvin Ridley showing that gambling is going to cause no end of headaches for the NFL - the NFL has no choice but to crackdown hard on players betting on football games - especially when they involve their own team (at least he bet on the Falcons to win) - because that threatens the entire golden goose and many people are already suspicious due to some of the strange situations that have occurred in football games (like in the Super Bowl where the refs suddenly remembered that penalties exist right as the Rams were trying to score the game winning touchdown or in the Wild Card Round where the NFL didn't dare take away a touchdown after their refs blew the whistle too soon) so the NFL already has credibility issues.
This could well be the biggest issue going forward - indeed, it is probably the issue that may finally lead to minor league football - and there is already some indication that the XFL might well be positioning itself as a developmental league for the NFL - that would be ideal especially for team's third quarterbacks to be able to get in.
Much interesting things going on now in the football and football card world - might as well create a place to discuss them with other fans and collectors