It’s been an argument that I’ve staged for at least 30 years.

Or at least since the National Hockey League and National Basketball League expanded their playoff formats.

The postseason in those two sports have been extended far too long.

Here were are almost to mid-June and the finals in the NHL and NBA are still going. Heck, I remember one year when the NBA was still playing on June 20.

Now, there are plenty of local fans who maintain the hockey season isn’t long enough. But those folks would be happy if hockey was 365 days long, they’re that fanatical.

Of course, the No. 1 reason there are still pucks and basketballs flying around is greed.

That’s why there are hockey franchises in such far-flung (and non-hockey) places as Phoenix, Dallas, Nashville and Charlotte, not to mention Florida.

Being an old-school person, I fondly remember when there was an Original Six in the NHL and only ten teams (really just the Boston Celtics) in the NBA.

The postseasons in both sports should ideally be finished in late April or early May at the latest. Or about the time the baseball season starts. Speaking of baseball, that’s another sport that is pushing the limit.

Anytime you have baseballs flying along with snow flurries, you have gone too far.

Pro football, in my estimation is the only sport that should run longer. And that could be accomplished by starting earlier.

The NFL should be beginning the season in early September. The openers should coincide with Labor Day, an ideal time to begin football.

The NFL could also add two games to the current 16-game schedule.

The players union has been steadfastly opposed to an extra two games, but the league could help remedy those arguments by expanding the rosters.

Will any of this happen? Probably not as long as the owners are counting their dollars only.