Charlotte Observer | 04/03/2008 | Sources: Richardson swayed owners
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NOTEBOOK Sources: Richardson swayed owners CHARLES CHANDLER cchandler@charlotteobserver.com PALM BEACH, Fla. -- An impassioned speech by Panthers owner Jerry Richardson helped influence fellow owners and league officials to table a proposal to change the NFL's playoff seeding process, according to sources. The league competition committee recommended at meetings this week that wild-card teams ...
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THURSDAY NIGHT ONE-LINERS
Published 4/4/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... on the scalping rule. The owner of a team that doesn’t go to the playoffs very often was instrumental in getting the reseeding proposal tabled . Bears coach Lovie Smith is ...
Richardson Speech Killed Playoff Reseeding
Published 4/6/2008 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... According to the Charlotte Observer, Richardson delivered an "impassioned" speech at the NFL owners meeting that convinced owners to table the idea. He argued that fans need to know that division winners will be rewarded with a home game in the playoffs, or else the importance of winning the division disappears. ...