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Given that football fans are hungry, and only receive 16 weeks in the regular season, no spectator wants to see a strike. But like the NHL and Major League Baseball, the NFL has seen its players on the picket lines. The first occurred in 1982, Deone Bucannon Youth Jersey lasted 57 days and reduced the regular season from 16 games to 9.

NFLPA All Star GameThe strike itself began on September Zach Mettenberger Jersey 21, 1982 and lasted until November 16, 1982. Gross revenues were cited as the basic reason for the strike. The NFLPA wanted the players to receive 55% of gross revenue instead of the previous 50%. Television networks suffered great difficulty in accommodating their television schedule. NBC broadcast baseball and some Canadian Football League games.

The NFLPA promoted two All Star games during this time, which were contested between the American West/National West and American East/National East. Neither of these games was well received as they were attended by less than 20, 000 fans per game and the television ratings were terrible. More games were scheduled but the games were cardinalsofficialauthentic.com/authentic-kareem-martin-jersey.html never played.

NFL Playoff Structure in Strike SituationWhen the strike ended, a new arrangement for the playoffs Authentic Deone Bucannon Jersey was implemented. The NFL decided on a 16 team playoff structure with teams in each conference seeded 1 8. However, teams who suffered a slow start, including the Buffalo Bills and defending Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers were unable to reach the playoffs. Teams with losing records, such as the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns made the playoffs. This is the only time in NFL history in which a sub .500 team has reached the playoffs.

Instead of referring to it as the playoffs, it was called the "Super Bowl Tournament". No consideration was given to division standings in terms of the playoff seeing. The Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins won the AFC and NFC championships respectively. The Redskins faced the Miami Dolphins in a rematch from Super Bowl VII, and and the game cardinalsofficialauthentic.com/authentic-troy-niklas-jersey.html was won by the Redskins this time.

1987 NFL Player StrikeUltimately, this was the first and only major strike to effect the NFL in this manner. A strike had occurred in 1970, but it did not interrupt play. Another strike succeeded this one in 1987, but it only interrupted one week of play, which was patched up by using replacement players such as those who had been cut in training Zach Mettenberger Womens Jersey camp and some veterans who crossed the picket lines. NBC and CBS broadcast games as though the quality of the games had never diminished.