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I don’t think you need to do anything like that. In fact, I don’t think anything needs to be done at all. The NFL already has the most parity of any sports league. Hell, the Bengals went from 2 wins to 4 to the Super Bowl in a 3 year span. The 49ers went from 4 wins to a Super Bowl here recently.
Teams just have to get better at evaluating talent, better at coaching that talent, and hope they get lucky at the same time. I mean it’s yet to be seen if the Jags hit on Lawrence. Mayfield, Winston and Bradford certainly didn’t work out, and it appears the Bengals lucked out and have hit a HR with Burrow.
Tanking doesn’t guarantee you anything. No need to punish teams, most of the time they punish themselves.
I agree with 99% of what you say. Evaluating talent, coaching talent and luck play a huge role in the success of any franchise. There have been a many of QB drafted that had the talent and failed due to coaching or luck. And QBs that succeed due to coaching and talent.
Cincinnati wouldn’t be as good today if Burrow hadn’t had that knee injury and been out most of the season so they could draft Chase. That’s bad luck turning great.
My point was trying to penalize the owner and not the team.
However - I concede you aren’t going to get much done one way or the other. Goodell works for the owners. The owners control the league and Goodell. The NFL labor union is weaker than its counterparts in the NBA and MLB IMHO.
Look at how the NFL, Goodell, and Snyder are trying to cover up all the sexual abuse/misconduct allegations.