18 Game NFL Season?

According to a ESPN.com poll of 75,000 readers (and is climbing), 51% of NFL fans support the current NFL team schedule of 16-games per season, while the other 49% of NFL fans support a reconfiguration of the NFL team schedule to 18 games per season. However, 80% of those 75,000 do agree on one thing: the NFL preseason is way too long at 4 games, and should be reduced to 2.

What does this tell us?

1. The National Football League's desire to increase the regular season by two games is not a real hit with the fans.

2. The fans of the NFL hate preseason football, which features second and third string players for most of the game.

It's true that I'm only a Jets' fan, and as such I'm more prone to suffering in my life. But I can tell you this: Increasing the NFL season by two weeks is a boneheaded move, one that will result in more injuries to players, a loss in interest from fans, and further infighting between the NFL and the NFLPA (the union that represents the players).

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Farve should retire.

Brett Farve is a football legend in his own right: 497 Touchdown's have been thrown, 181 Wins have been achieved, and over 60% of passes have successfully been completed. Not one smart individual on this planet will oppose his claim to greatness, or his rightful place in the NFL Hall-Of-Fame located in Canton, Ohio.

However, his time has come and gone, and it's time to retire for good.

Farve can still toss the ball downfield with relative ease, and I'm sure the Minnesota Vikings are pleased to have him - who wouldn't? I was ecstatic when he joined the Jets squad back in 2008. But his refusal to retire is no longer about his love for the game, but for a love of self promotion and one long, last media hurrah. One that will be his ultimate downfall.

I wish him well this season, and I hope it's his last hurrah for his sake.

Any thoughts?

P.S. - If Farve really does believe in his website's slogan: "For The Love Of The Game", he'll hang up the cleats before hurting his Team, and his Legacy.

P.P.S - Farve needs to call Ken Griffey Jr.

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