The 5 o’clock club is published Wednesday to Saturday during the season, and aims to provide a forum for reader-driven discussion at a time of day when there isn’t much NFL news being published. Feel free to introduce topics that interest you in the comments below.
Playoff expansion
This is the time of year, with wildcard races in full throttle and more than half the teams in the NFL still in serious playoff contention, when we get talk of playoff expansion.
There are basically two reasons for playoff expansion:
- Expand the playoffs to add playoff games, which are money-spinners for the NFL.