Inside the Sports Studio: The Pablo S. Torre Interview
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What improvements can be made to the NFL by borrowing from other sports?
What do MLB and the NFL have in common? Well, I mean, I guess a lot, play clocks and ball. For the purposes of this conversation, what I'm getting at is both their seasons this year open on a Wednesday. Yeah, Rogers League is just a Tuesday here or there from making like baseball and being an everyday sport. Now, I don't know if you like that, but I do like the spirit of stealing from our former national pastime and some other sports too to punch up football a bit. Yeah, it's already great, but it could get even better. Here's a few thoughts in that direction. First, fix the lame in-game punishment mechanism, aka the yellow flag. Guys are out there committing crimes of passion and all they get is a flag thrown at them?
Pretty lame. Also lame, if you commit an error in MLB, they put an E up on the scoreboard. I guess that stands for Eek. If you want to stop the scourge of recidivism, you need stronger deterrents. Like in basketball, when there's a foul, they let your victim take three shots and they make you stand there like a jackass watching from just a few feet away. Maybe even better, the NHL has a whole box for its rules violators. What Ned and that other guy in Pulp Fiction did with the GIMP, hockey refs do to jerks and skates. So in football, where guys have to sit in a blue tent if they get bonked on the head, it'd only be justice for the guy who did the bonking to have to go sit in a shame tent and make sure it's see-through.
or maybe make him just play the rest of the game nude no bad ideas here next the english premier league has relegation which would be fantastic there's never a year in which some dumb fans don't ruminate about whether college football's best team could beat the nfl's worst team spoiler alert they couldn't but if only to prove a point let's do it it'll be great for everyone except those poor ohio state buck guys i don't know how they'll rebuild their self-esteem after losing to the jets it'll be at the last second on a field goal but still next pro football's got better players but college football's got a better soundtrack soccer too and their fans are the ones who provide that soundtrack why don't we do nice acapella songs my fellow football americans
At least we get the fight songs on Saturdays. But we need more on Sundays. There's Bear Down Chicago Bears making every play on the way to victory. And Hail to the Commies or whatever they call that team. And the Steelers Polka where we're from the town with the great football team. And Fly Eagles fly. But where are the rest of you at? I thought this was a copycat league. Next, the Lombardi Trophy, sleek and stylish in a minimalist kind of way, I guess. But no one would debate the Stanley Cup and Heisman are more iconic. And that's a problem when the NFL is by far and away our most popular sport. Why do we know who won the Heisman a decade ago, but not the NFL MVP? The cool trophy with the cool name. That's why the NFL needs to do that.
Pick your enduring legend. I'd say Walter Payton, but he's already got a really cool trophy. Tom Brady, maybe? could make it deflatable? I don't know. Let me know what you think. Next, pretty much every other professional sport has a minor league system, so pro football should have one of its own, and wouldn't you know it, the CFL's just sitting there. Serendipity. Now, please don't confuse me with the crazy old guy who wants to take over the whole country, but I do think both sides of the border would ultimately be happier, and despite the short-term ego blow, I know the Canadian league would ultimately be way more relevant. Come on aboard, Rough Riders. You too, Rough Riders. Can't you see? It's not that football's not already great.
It's that we have a chance to make it even better. Oh, and one more thing in that regard. If baseball managers have to wear their full uniform, then NFL head coaches should have to suit up too. Show some solidarity, fellas. Let's start the show.
Yes, hi and hello, my fellow football Americans. Welcome to Football America, presented as ever by DraftKings.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What improvements can be made to the NFL by borrowing from other sports?
0:00–5:11
2
How would football change if players could fight during games?
5:11–7:07
3
What is the concept of relegation and how could it apply to the NFL?
7:07–8:13
4
How do college football and the NFL compare in terms of culture and fan experience?
8:13–8:51
5
What insights does Pablo Torre share about sports journalism?
8:51–9:11
6
What are Pablo Torre's favorite and least favorite words?
9:11–10:43
7
How does Pablo Torre define being a true sports fan?
10:43–18:25
8
What unique perspectives does Pablo Torre bring to the discussion about sports and media?
18:25–58:44
Speakers
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