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What if your team never had to play short handed because of injuries and nobody had the excuse 'we lost because our starting QB wasn't playing"
In this episode we try to answer that question. We talk about the inevitability of injuries in both NFL and college football and how to potentially solve the problem of unfair games when starters are playing back ups. Indeed no fan base believes it's a fair game when their starting QB is out while the opponents starting QB is in.
Our solution would be injury player parity, meaning if a starter is out on team A, then the starting player of the same position on team B has to also sit out regardless if they're healthy.
We go through the thought experiment of how to would work, and how to put rules in place to avoid gaming this system. We know this will never happen but it's fun to think about what it would look like if both teams had to match backups at each position if the starter is out.
By John Barban & Geoff DoverWhat if your team never had to play short handed because of injuries and nobody had the excuse 'we lost because our starting QB wasn't playing"
In this episode we try to answer that question. We talk about the inevitability of injuries in both NFL and college football and how to potentially solve the problem of unfair games when starters are playing back ups. Indeed no fan base believes it's a fair game when their starting QB is out while the opponents starting QB is in.
Our solution would be injury player parity, meaning if a starter is out on team A, then the starting player of the same position on team B has to also sit out regardless if they're healthy.
We go through the thought experiment of how to would work, and how to put rules in place to avoid gaming this system. We know this will never happen but it's fun to think about what it would look like if both teams had to match backups at each position if the starter is out.