That seems to be a fait accompli, and I couldn't decide if I should call that the Scoop or I should call it sneaky big news because I don't feel like people are talking nearly enough about this.

這似乎是一個既成事實，我無法決定是否應該叫它 "獨家新聞"，還是應該叫它 "偷偷摸摸的大新聞"，因為我覺得人們對這件事的談論還遠遠不夠。

The ramifications of making a change of that magnitude are overwhelming.

做出這麼大的改變，其後果是不堪設想的。

We're going to talk a lot about the impact on the players, bodies and player safety and all that.

我們要談很多關於對球員的影響，身體和球員安全等等。

And that is to the players, obviously overwhelmingly the most important thing.

而這對玩家來說，顯然是最重要的事情。

And to all of us as human beings, that should be the most important thing.

而對於我們所有的人來說，這應該是最重要的事情。

But hold everything we're about to make a fundamental change to the sport.

但握住一切，我們就要對這項運動進行根本性的改變。

That almost never happens.

這幾乎從未發生過。

How long has the NBA been playing 82 games?

NBA已經打了82場比賽多久了？

How long has baseball been playing 162 games?

棒球已經打了162場比賽多久了？

How long has the NFL been playing 16 games?

NFL打16場比賽有多久了？

Answer.

回答：

A long, freaking time.

漫長的，該死的時間。

I'm old enough to remember when the NFL played 14 games in a season, but they went to 16 and 1978 changes a lot.

我年紀大了，還記得NFL一個賽季打14場比賽的時候，但他們變成了16場，1978年改變了很多。

I'm here to tell you it changes a lot the way we perceive numbers, records, all that kind of stuff just completely changes you're talking about, guys.

我在這裡告訴你，它改變了很多的方式，我們認為數字，記錄，所有這些東西只是完全改變你說的，夥計們。

I remember what it was like when someone ran from running back, ran for 1000 yards in a 14 game season.

我記得有人從跑衛跑到14場比賽中跑了1000碼的時候是什麼樣子。

You're adding now three games to that.

你現在又增加了三場比賽。

We're going to have to completely revamp the way we look at some of this stuff.

我們必須徹底改造我們看待這些東西的方式。

Obviously, the impact that it has on the playoffs and everything else.

很明顯，它對季後賽和其他一切的影響。

The CBS stipulates they can go to 17 regular season games this year.

CBS規定他們今年可以去參加17場常規賽。

They will cut it to three preseason games.

他們將把它削減到三場季前賽。

That's in the C B A.

這是在C B A。

That's there.

就是這樣。

They can't expand it beyond 17 games until 2031 at the soonest.

他們最快也要到2031年才能擴大到17場以上。

So they're going to 17 games this year, and it's going to stay there for a while and a very quick explanation of what that 17th game is going to be, which I have long assumed was the perfect opportunity for them to add an international game.

所以他們今年要進行17場比賽，而且會在那裡停留一段時間，而且非常快速地解釋了第17場比賽的內容，我一直認為這是他們增加一場國際比賽的最佳機會。

For example, let the Jaguars go play in London again without it costing their fans a home game.

比如，讓美洲虎隊再去倫敦打比賽，而不至於讓球迷失去主場比賽的機會。

That's not the way it is being planned initially.

最初的計劃不是這樣的。

Basically, they will line up divisions and just for the sake of argument if the A F C West would have played the NFC North.

基本上，他們會排隊分區，只是為了爭論，如果A F C西部會打NFC北部。

The extra game would be the matchup of the teams that finished in each of the respective spots.

加賽將是各名次的隊伍的對決。

Number one would play number one and on down the line.

一號會打一號，繼續往下打。

And each year, like one year, the NFC would get all the home games the next year.

而且每年，比如有一年，NFC會拿到下一年所有的主場比賽。

The A F C.

A F C。

We get all the home games, so that creates.

我們得到了所有的主場比賽，所以這創造。

I hate the idea of an odd number of games.

我討厭奇數遊戲的想法。

Everything about that just feels awkward and wrong.

這一切都讓人覺得尷尬和錯誤。

So if you're asking me my opinion on this, I don't love it.

所以如果你要問我的意見，我不愛聽。

I don't hate it.

我不討厭它。

Don't get me wrong.

別誤會我的意思

I get it.

我明白了。

All these things are done in the interest of making more money, and I'm not here to tell you.

這些事情都是為了賺更多的錢，我不是來告訴你的。

That's a bad idea.

這是一個壞主意。

And I'm certainly not forecasting this becoming a problem for the league.

我當然也不會預測這成為聯盟的問題。

But I don't love it.

但我不愛它。

16 is enough.

16個就夠了。

The odd number is weird.

奇數很奇怪。

International expansion doesn't do anything for me, but it's going to happen and obviously I'll watch it and so will you.

國際擴張對我沒有任何作用，但它要發生，顯然我會看，你也會看。

And it'll be fine.

就會好起來的

Let me bring in hashtag bubba on all of this because my disheveled board operator, Brendan Bubba Peregrine.

讓我把這一切的標籤bubba帶來，因為我的頹廢的董事會經營者，布倫丹bubba Peregrine。

Many may not know this, but but Bubba, before you decided to become a board operator, you were considering a career as a noted financial analyst and an expert and and and really sort of a world class economist.

很多人可能不知道，但是，但是布巴，在你決定成為董事會的經營者之前，你考慮的是作為一個著名的金融分析師和專家和和真的算是一個世界級的經濟學家的職業。

So, in your opinion, is this a good thing or a bad thing as a football fan that the NFL is going to 17 games next year?

那麼，在你看來，明年NFL要變成17場比賽，作為一個足球迷，這是好事還是壞事？

You know, I'm kind of with you on this one.

你知道，我和你一樣，在這個問題上。

I'm not a fan.

我不喜歡。

I think I like it is 16 and really, honestly, just because I don't think the odd numbers, I mean, what's with the odd numbers can have an odd number of schedule.

我覺得我喜歡的是16，真的，說實話，只是因為我不認為奇數，我的意思是，什麼與奇數可以有一個奇數的時間表。

That's insane.

這是瘋了。

I'm with you, Hem.

我支持你，海姆

Bo is with me today as well.

博今天也和我一起。

You did some of the look looking back on this.

你做了一些回想的樣子。

Has any sport ever had an odd number of games?

有哪項運動的比賽次數是奇數的嗎？

There was a six year stretch of the NFL played 11 games.

有六年的時間，NFL打了11場比賽。

That's true.

這倒是真的。

That's 1937 in 1942 and then in 1942 the fifties.

那是1937年的1942年，然後在1942年的五十年代。

Didn't Jim Brown playing 11 games schedule?

吉姆-布朗不是打了11場比賽的賽程嗎？

Do I have that wrong?

我說錯了嗎？

He played 12 12 games and at that point it's before my time, so that's an interesting point.

他打了12場12場比賽，在這一點上是在我的時代之前，所以這是一個有趣的觀點。

So they did have that at one time, but the even number?

所以他們確實曾經有過這樣的經歷，但偶數？

Just so you have the same number of home games, same number of road games.

所以你們的主場比賽和客場比賽的數量都是一樣的。

No one has one advantage over anybody.

沒有人比任何人有一個優勢。

That's just something unsatisfying about an odd number would be fine.

這只是一些不滿意的奇數就可以了。

With 18 games.

與18場比賽。

I would be better with 18 games than I would be with 17 games.

我打18場比打17場要好。

But that would be bad because I'm also worried about injuries like no one wants to see these guys hurt all the time.

但這樣就不好了，因為我也擔心傷病，就像沒有人願意看到這些人一直受傷一樣。

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