Is bigger really better or does size matter?

Here is the age old question again which keeps popping up from the bedroom to the boardroom. You can add your two cents by posting a comment depending on your experience in work or play.

I pose the question in response to the recent news that the National Football League (NFL) has plans to extend its season by 2 more games. The league wants to generate more income. This is a shame because football is the only sport that ~ more or less ~ follows the seasonal pattern of Mother Nature. The NFL regular season begins after Labor Day (in America) and finishes about the end of January. Football is suppose to be played in the cool of autumn.

Professional basketball and hockey start in October and now finish in June ~ roughly consuming three long periods: autumn, winter and spring and then some.

Baseball ~ America’s “summer game” ~ begins in chilly April and the final game of the World Series is now played in late October. Here was the weather report in Philadelphia during the recent championship series:

Tonight, when Game 5 is expected to resume, the weather should be better for baseball - but it won't be an evening stroll on the beach. The forecast calls for winds blowing in from left field at 15 to 25 m.p.h. with temperatures near 40 around game time, then falling into the 30s. There is a slight chance of a shower.

What fun. Can anyone chip the ice off the beer?

So, football, the game which currently fits closest to the seasonal pattern of things is now in danger of being extended: starting in August or ending in February. Too long in my opinion.

Is bigger really better?