The NFL has the worst parity in American sports

[Optms]

The last 6 seasons 6 different nba teams have won the championship, so as far as I'm concerned the nba having more parity right now is an objective fact.

NBA ratings have also been on the decline during this time. Another objective fact.

[web123888]

every market in the NFL does have a chance. But you will always have dynasty's because the QB is the most influential position in sports by far.

No it’s not. It’s the most influential non basketball position in team sports for sure, but not in all of sports.

The best NBA player (Jordan, LeBron etc) has far more 2-way impact and due to playing offense and defense can literally single handedly will teams to where they want to go. They can also play every second of the game and cover every inch on the court.

Burrow was as good as any QB in the regular season (even better than Mahomes) and missed the playoffs through no fault of his own as he can’t cover for the Bengals’ horrendous defense.

Mahomes is the best QB when it matters in the playoffs but Spagnuolo and the Chiefs elite defense were just as responsible these last 2 years for their success. Multiple critical stops yesterday including the 4th and inches tush push and multiple 2 point conversion stops.

[hardenASG13]

Washington was 4-13 last year and made the conference finals, because of the QB they drafted. QB is massively important in the NFL, and Mahomes is a GOAT in the making, winning on a more impressive clip than Brady, no matter who he has for receivers/RBs. It's different than the NBA, but the chiefs are just a dynasty with Mahomes/Reid.

[Ducklett]

Had me dying when the refs called a face mask on buffalo in the 2nd quarter and they show the replay and the commentary team was in stunned silence as it showed the KC player face masking the person that got the penalty to the point that they silence was broken by the play-by-play guy asking their ref what he thought and the ref just goes "uhhhhh". Yeah, it was that bad.

[prolific passer]

A few years ago when the rams and bengals met in the super bowl. NFL probably had its best playoffs in its history as every game was down to the wire. NBA never really had a playoffs like that.
NBA is having its best/most parity since the 70s and we all know how most feel about the 70s nba.

[Lalouie]

I'm pretty sure college football who has no parity has more than it now.

I never want to hear how the NFL is head and shoulders above all leagues because every team has a chance. Give me another talking point because that one is bunk.

The NBA has more teams that can win a championship every year than the NFL.

but every team DOES HAVE a chance. you're just a commie pinko, socialist, egalitarian mofo who wants to run pro sports like little league.

sorry but the bell curve is real life.
you're just confusing "having a chance" and "championship dna"

[Bobbymcgee]

NFL makes way more money with the Chiefs in the superbowl.

[DavidSterned]

The Chiefs favoritism is definitely reaching all-time levels, similar to the Lakers in the NBA.

[Infinite Llamas]

NFL commish being in bed with Mahomes and Swift makes for one awkward threesome.

KC just has their own separate rule book when it comes to the refs. This is about the most forced “dynasty” that I’ve ever seen before in my life. They don’t look dominant in any of these games.

[trebone]

The Dodgers would like to have a word with you

[JustLucky]

This is just wrong the nfl has always had the top 2 most variance for me. the other being baseball where winrates are so even.

there are so few games in the nfl and so many injury's most teams entering the season can win the super bowl

[NBA4Lyfe]

NFL is rigged and it's been like this for a while. The Chiefs are just the new Patriots. I no longer take sports seriously. It's just entertainment and the Chiefs make for good entertainment. Everyone loves a dynasty and everyone hates a dynasty.

Add it up this is what the NFL wants. People will tune in because either you hate them or love them.

*If you don't learn anything please learn this sports is just entertainment. The narrative matters!

NBA is rigged too tho

Bogut came out and said the refs let him get away with everything when he was on the warriors. Probably why we have not seen or heard from Andrew since that interview on that podcast with ryen russilo

https://fansided.com/2022/04/05/andrew-bogut-refs-warriors/

[floppymoose]

The last 6 seasons 6 different nba teams have won the championship, so as far as I'm concerned the nba having more parity right now is an objective fact.

True but before that,it was not the case

I tried to come up with the 6 teams and only got 5. I forgot the Nuggets.

[El Turco]

Football by its nature is more dependent on one position than any other sport, that's why if you have a great quarterback you'll go far in the playoffs in most years. However there are very few great quarterbacks.

Otherwise NFL has more parity than other sports. You don't see as many last-to-first seasons in other sports as you do in NFL. Recent years Commanders, Texans, Bengals made deep playoff runs despite having one of the worst records the previous year.

[hermes]

parity is more than just who wins championships, its about overall league competitiveness.

[jkvonny]

And the chiefs are a small market team....Outside of the spurs in the Duncan era,no small market team have been dominant in the NBA for a long period of time with mutiples titles and thing like that

Detroit Pistons prior to the Spurs but you're correct.

Had the Cavs won a few more with LeBron other than 2016. Theyd be there too.

Bucks and Nuggets are still in window and could possibly be next. Same with OKC Thunder.

Lot of the NFL teams that have had dynasties in the past and present are small market. As youve mentioned. KC Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, GB Packers.
Also throw in the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings had they won theirs.
Bills did win a couple of AFL championships during the '60s tho.

Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns had a run of NFL championships back in the '50s and '60s as well.

[jkvonny]

The last 6 seasons 6 different nba teams have won the championship, so as far as I'm concerned the nba having more parity right now is an objective fact.

True but before that,it was not the case

Prior to that, the '70s were the last time with so much parity in NBA championships. You are right.

[RaoulDuke79]

I like the game that has the ball and also the other things and they try to score the ball and also the other side has to try and not let that happen but also still try and do the same thing with the ball and then shenanigans ensue and then it's really fun because they keep doing the same thing but hoping for a different result and it's actually really adorable if you think about it plus also it has a lot of balls involved.


Also, tits.

[jkvonny]

Eagles prevented a 3peat tonite.
Destroyed the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.

[wco81]

Football by its nature is more dependent on one position than any other sport, that's why if you have a great quarterback you'll go far in the playoffs in most years. However there are very few great quarterbacks.

Otherwise NFL has more parity than other sports. You don't see as many last-to-first seasons in other sports as you do in NFL. Recent years Commanders, Texans, Bengals made deep playoff runs despite having one of the worst records the previous year.

Yeah financially speaking, the NFL is on more level ground because of the huge TV contract. EVERY NFL team can make money, even if they didn't sell a single game ticket or jersey. They have a hard cap and they can cycle through dozens of players a year, on rookie deals who can have impact, even on special teams.

QB does separate the great teams from the average though, so the teams which have top 10 QBs are going to be able to contend.

Now, all teams rely on players, including QBs, to be key starters on their rookie contracts. They need a constant influx of talent because aside from the QB and maybe one dominant WR or edge rusher, most other players are fungible.

The NBA, an All-NBA player can have greater impact in a game as one of the 5 players out on a team. Maybe not quite to the extent that a franchise QB can raise his team but getting there. NBA rookies can have impact but they're not going to be the equivalent of a 4th or 5th round pick who becomes a solid starter right away.

Adam Silver has openly envied the parity in the NFL, trying to recreate it in the NBA with his CBA and the Aprons. The difficult thing for the NBA is that the TV money isn't as lucrative and ratings are tenuous. So there's an inherent bias towards large market teams or stars who attract huge TV audiences.

Baseball doesn't even pretend to aim for parity. Biggest, richest teams will dominate but the nature of the sport is that a dominant pitcher and a hot batter can carry teams, even underdogs to titles because a few runs can determine a whole series.

Hockey is similar to baseball because of the low scoring though they have a salary cap. But a few goals or hot goalie have dominated playoffs series.