A lot of things in the NFL could stand some fixing up; for example, the Pro Bowl or the overtime system. One thing we can’t fix, though, is the offseason, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to make it more tolerable. Today, I present five steps to do so, none of which have any realistic chance of happening.

Step 1: Every quarterback controversy automatically becomes a reality television series.

Let’s face it: Sports are reality television. We have our favorites and those whom with we identify, and we have those we’d like to see banished forever. We follow these people over an entire season, through their drama and their ups and downs, and we don’t miss a minute as the story of the season unfolds.

If sports and reality television aren’t the same thing, they’re at least meant to go hand-in-hand. To me, the part of the NFL that would best lend itself to the constant presence of cameras would be the battle for the starting quarterback spot.

Here’s the plan. After the draft and the better part of free agency, a committee (headed by me, ideally) decides on five or six of the most intriguing quarterback controversies, and we send cameras to those teams. They are instructed to film everything.

The players might not like, and the coaches definitely won’t. But I’m thinking about me here. I would like it. I think you might, too.

For example, take Matthew Stafford(notes) vs. Daunte Culpepper(notes) in Detroit. We’re all interested. We’re all following it. But how well can we really follow it? Our only measures to keep tabs on the race are carefully measured quotes from coaches, and reports from beat writers like, “Stafford made some good throws in practice today.” We don’t really know anything. We’re just waiting for an answer.

In 2009, that’s not good enough. We have the means to get more information, and we deserve it. I want constant surveillance. At practices, at home, studying the playbook, in the confessional, whatever. I’m sure there’s a way to edit the footage so that no vital strategic information is given away, while still giving the viewer a sense of who’s actually performing better, who wants it more, and who the other players are siding with.

I would think the NFL Network, ESPN, or SpikeTV would be more than interested. And you can’t tell me you wouldn’t be. You wouldn’t like to see which quarterback can make which throws? You wouldn’t like to see how much of an effort the young guy is making to learn the playbook? You wouldn’t want to see how much help the veteran gives the young guy, or how much he decides to focus on helping himself?

Chance of this actually happening: 0%

Would improve the offseason by: 18%

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