The NFL is pondering the expansion of its playoffs by adding two more teams to the field. Why, you may ask?
As if you didn’t know.
In any event, the league is trying to make it sound as if postseason expansion is not inevitable.
Some owners are apparently wary of the potential for de-valuing a playoff spot by allowing too many teams into the postseason. But such concerns could be offset by the potential for increased TV revenues.
Delany and Slive couldn’t have expressed that more delicately if they tried. Which they will, in a few years.