NFL Report Cards Out

[pittpnthrs]

Might be more of a NFL topic, but I was concentrating on the Seahawks. They came in at #11 over all which is pretty good.

NFL Player Team Report Cards 2023

nflpa.com

 

[kidhawk]

I saw this somewhere yesterday, and I read that we were weakest when it came to travel, and that where most teams fly players first class all the time, we only do so after wins. I have no idea if that's verifiable or not but I thought it was hilarious.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

I saw this somewhere yesterday, and I read that we were weakest when it came to travel, and that where most teams fly players first class all the time, we only do so after wins. I have no idea if that's verifiable or not but I thought it was hilarious.

Unless your whole team plane is retrofitted as first class, not every player can sit first class.

 

[kidhawk]

Unless your whole team plane is retrofitted as first class, not every player can sit first class.

I don't know what deal they have with Delta (I believe that's the current airline they are flying for road games). I just am going by what the report says which is supposed to be a survey of players. I just assume they know better than I.

72% of players feel like they have enough room to spread out​

• No roommates
• No first class seats (only after some road victories)
• One of only seven teams that do not offer first-class seats to players
• Seahawks almost always rank high in miles traveled for games during the season

 

[GGotskill]

Unless your whole team plane is retrofitted as first class, not every player can sit first class.

Hawks don't have a team plane anymore. They charter every flight.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

I dont Think the first class seat question belongs in there at all. Its always going to be divisive in that some vets Will get the privilege and others won’t.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Hawks don't have a team plane anymore. They charter every flight.

No charter has 100 percent first class tho. Allocating the Player seats is always going to be unnecessarily problematic.

Its mostly going to be coaches up there anyway. Awkward, and by nfl rules, you can’t get a beer as a social lubricant.

 

[FrodosFinger]

Hawks don't have a team plane anymore. They charter every flight.

I think they do through sponsorship with Alaskan Airlines actually

 

[GGotskill]

I think they do through sponsorship with Alaskan Airlines actually

From a couple of years ago:

First-class treatment: Team plane perks help Seahawks become road warriors

Veterans getting to sit in first class after road victories has helped the Seahawks to the best road record in the NFL.

www.espn.com

"The Airbus A330 the team charters has 18 first-class seats, so the 18 players with the most years in the league get first dibs after road wins."

I believe the Alaska Airlines sponsorship was only during the Superbowl year(s).

Paul Allen used to have a personal jet that the team flew on, a number of years ago, but he sold it and they have (usually) chartered flights ever since.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Oh, so they make the coach and gm sit back in economy? That’s the only way it could work.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

NFLPA Team Report Card: Seahawks get high marks for locker room, dinged for no first class seats

The grades are in, and the Seahawks are just outside the top-10.

www.fieldgulls.com

 

[Seahawks Guy]

If athletes require first class seats to play their best, then the human race itself is definitely running into major problems.

 

[nanomoz]

If athletes require first class seats to play their best, then the human race itself is definitely running into major problems.

They are, by and large, very big men. If those seat dimensions are standard economy, it could be pretty uncomfortable on long flights. I'm not a big man, and I get very sore after more than an hour or so--granted, my body is pretty broken down. But still.

 

[hgwellz12]

If athletes require first class seats to play their best, then the human race itself is definitely running into major problems.

I'm 6'4"ish 270ish and coach/economy sucks ASS anywhere longer than Cali. I can only imagine how bad it is for our OL and TE's.

 

[Seahawks Guy]

I mean, are these like 9 hour flights or something? No ability to stand up and stretch? Are they flying there the same day as the game?
I dunno..

 

[Seahawks Guy]

I guess my initial feeling is that if coach is affecting a player's performance, it's more likely mental than physical. If somebody can show me some science that shows why riding in coach would physically impede a player's performance a couple days later during a game, then I'm willing to change my view.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

They are, by and large, very big men. If those seat dimensions are standard economy, it could be pretty uncomfortable on long flights. I'm not a big man, and I get very sore after more than an hour or so--granted, my body is pretty broken down. But still.

This is a 6’1” 185 player Sitting in what I speculate is some kinda exit row deal.

 

[Recon_Hawk]

I guess my initial feeling is that if coach is affecting a player's performance, it's more likely mental than physical. If somebody can show me some science that shows why riding in coach would physically impede a player's performance a couple days later during a game, then I'm willing to change my view.

Sounds like it's more about adding incentive to winning their road games than how it impacts physical performance/recovery, but im also not 6'6" 330 lbs. I'm sure I'd see a physical benefit in sitting in first class if I was at a nfl size.

 

[nanomoz]

This is a 6’1” 185 player Sitting in what I speculate is some kinda exit row deal.

Oh, hell. That doesn't look bad. I could curl up on that seat like a little kitten.

 

[pmedic920]

Oh, hell. That doesn't look bad. I could curl up on that seat like a little kitten.

If available I always book an exit seat or the ones in the front of the section.

Few $ extra but always “worth it”.
Not first class amenities but certainly more roomy.