Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and
As the NFC East and AFC South races careen toward the finish line with the distinct possibility that those divisional champions will finish with losing records, out come the naysayers who demand that the NFL reconfigure its playoff system and reward the teams with the best records with the chance to compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Why should a losing team get into the tournament, they argue, while a team with a better record in another division can’t play because it neither wins its division nor qualifies for a wild-card spot?