2015 Offseason

[Randall12]

I'm confused about the 2014 / 15 thing.

Season is done in 2014, Superbowl was in 2015, So is this considered 2014 or 15 OffSeason ?

[RevanFan]

I'm confused about the 2014 / 15 thing.

Season is done in 2014, Superbowl was in 2015, So is this considered 2014 or 15 OffSeason ?

It's not that confusing. The 2014 offseason began in February 2014, and ended in March 2014. The 2014 season then began, which lasted until February 2015. Thus began the 2015 offseason. The 2015 season began this month. It will end in February 2016.

[Randall12]

Okay I guess

but it's odd to think that 2014 Season's Super Bowl is done in 2015.

[RevanFan]

Okay I guess

but it's odd to think that 2014 Season's Super Bowl is done in 2015.

It's been that way for a long time.

[Randall12]

Okay I guess

but it's odd to think that 2014 Season's Super Bowl is done in 2015.

It's been that way for a long time.

Of course you would think by now all sports would think to start in the 1st month of the year so when the BIG Game is here it happens in the same year.

I guess it's because you can have RACING and Baseball in the SNOW

[BUS36]

all because of the start of the season. Prior to the start of the AFL the NFL new year started a day before the draft. Teams had no cap and no free agency. The AFL forced the NFL to move up their draft and really was the first sign of free agency. Joe Namath was drafted in the AFL by the Jets and in the NFL by the ST. Louis Cardinals. Then the NFL started doing business at the start of March to talk to players they wanted to draft in college. The draft was originally 9 rounds in 1936 with just 9 teams, then ballooned to 30 rounds up to 1960. With the AFL starting up, it was then dropped to 20 with 26 teams. Now the draft has only 7 rounds with 32 teams