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What happened to all the NFL Championships?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Upper Tupper, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member


    Absolutely fair game.

    And after that Super Bowl, my Harrison Personal Slander License remains open-ended.

    All in good fun, of course.
     
  2. apeman33

    apeman33 Well-Known Member

    It annoys me when ESPN runs a list of items that have happened in the NFL "since the merger." Does that mean no one kept track before the merger (unlikely) or that ESPN thinks only anything since 1970 is official?
     
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Does the NBA still recognize NBL and BAA champions when talking about world championships?
     
  4. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Absolutely. And regarding Harrison, rip away. Great player, but he deserves it.
     
  5. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    BAA, yes, because the NBA considers its history to have begun with that entity in 1946. I don't believe it recognizes NBL history or its champions, just as the NHL does not recognize WHA history or its champions.

    It's too bad the NFL does not recognize the AAFC's history as it does the AFL's. If it did, Cleveland would jump to third place on the championship list with eight titles.
     
  6. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Let's not even talk about that, Double J. It hurts too much.
     
  7. Double J

    Double J Active Member

    Sorry, ijag.....I forgot that was a sore spot. I feel shame. :-[
     
  8. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    Not to defend ESPN "post merger" because I hate it, but I think it has a lot to do with the NFL Stat and Record book that comes out each year. They have a lot of stats like that in there, plus the last "eight years" things. That being said a good reporter/researcher should be able to pull their own stats once in awhile instead of relying on the book.
     
  9. DisembodiedOwlHead

    DisembodiedOwlHead Active Member

    Some of those early NFL titles were won against schedules that included teams that fielded high school kids. I'm not sure that's entirely equitable to the modern NFL, post-merger, post-1960, or whatever cutoff point you choose.
     
  10. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    90% of life is showing up. And the Packer and Bear forebearers were around and kicking -- and dominating -- well-prior to the Pittsburghs of the world, never mind such Johnnie-come-latelies as the Cowgirls.
     
  11. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    "The free agency era" is an ESPN favorite.
     
  12. hpdrifter

    hpdrifter Member

    pretty sure that first vikings super bowl team was the nfl champ before losing to k.c. - the afl champ. so, they've got that going for them...

     
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