Fixing the NFL: Improving the Game on the Field

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, NFL writer and podcast host Charles McDonald joins the show to kick off the first installment of the Fixing the NFL series. They begin by discussing changes they believe could improve the game on the field, including innovative ways to benefit defenses across the league. They then explore the intriguing concept of a relegation system in the NFL, envisioning how it could change how teams approach the league. Plus, they discuss whether the NFL Draft should be abolished and what would replace it. Later, actions have consequences. They share why players should be handcuffed if they fumble the ball in the end zone. 2:00 Eliminating spot fouls 7:44 Ways to help defenses 15:44 Relegation brought to the NFL 21:29 Should the Draft be abolished? 26:02 New horse collar ejection rules 29:21 Handcuffed if player fumbles in the end zone 36:02 Bringing jersey numbering by position back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bill Barnwell show. I am Bill Barnwell. Today, and for the rest of June,
0:12.4	you're kicking off a series of shows here on the Bill Barnwell show, dedicated to fixing something
0:18.6	that obviously needs to be fixed. The NFL is a disaster.
0:21.8	It's not wildly unpopular. No, NFL is good, but we can make it better. And that is the purpose
0:26.4	of this month here on the Bill Barnwell show, make the NFL better month, come up with suggestions
0:31.6	for how to improve the league. Next couple weeks, we're going to be talking about it with guests.
0:36.4	This week is going to be fixing the product or improving the product. I should say on the field. Next couple weeks, we're going to be talking about it with guests. This week is going to be fixing the product or improving the product. I should say on the field. Next week is going to be
0:42.9	improving the product off the field. And then the week after, we're going to take some of your
0:47.6	ideas and discuss them. But this week, we are going to make the NFL better on the field and joining me to do that.
0:56.8	Someone, I say this with love and respect, a cranky person when it comes to the NFL in a good way, I feel like.
1:04.9	Someone who has a healthy respect for their product, but also recognizes things needed to be improved.
1:09.5	One of the first people I thought of when I thought of this exercise is Yahoo's Charles McDonald. Charles, our conversations about
1:16.5	this show have been mostly about how much we're going to hate the other person's ideas,
1:21.9	which makes me very excited for this conversation. Well, yeah, I think people who follow me on Twitter,
1:30.0	they know I've got some boomer tendencies,
1:32.3	and that's what you were saying too.
1:33.4	So I'm interested to see, like, where this goes
1:36.5	because I've got some ideas, like, structurally for the league,
1:39.9	some ideas on the fields,
1:41.3	and maybe one that's, like, just just flat out stupid but it's kind of
1:45.7	tick up my brain anyways okay absolutely let's start with let's start with an on the field one
1:53.6	let's start them off slow let's start them off with the simple one maybe is there like a one that
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