Another no brainer is to move back the season a week or two and take advantage of most people having mlk day off and a three day weekend in mid February. Don’t know why this hasn’t already been done.
But i would certainly add two extra bye weeks now with half the league off on bye those weeks as an insurance policy against postponed games
So for example take week 7 of the schedule (picking a random week) - and put half the league on bye that week. With the newly inserted week 8, those bye teams would then play that week while the other half of the league has a bye. Do the same for week 15.
Remove the bye week of the Super Bowl since no one is attending this year anyway — and so you’ve only added one week but can now flexibly reschedule games as teams inevitably have outbreaks during the year.
The only optimism i have is that 24 different vaccines are in human trials now. That means its possible a vaccine will be available before the end of 2020
Never watched another game on Monday night, or in fact any night, I would be thrilled. I love watching on Saturday and Sunday afternoon and tolerate Saturday and Sunday night meetings, I don't watch Monday night football, despise it, and Thursday night is even worse. I can't stand the format, the annoncers, everything about it. I grew up on the Sunday games at 1 and 4, and anything else is not the same to me, I love college football on Saturday afternoon and if there is no college games then putting on NFL games on Saturday afternoon would be great and way better then weekday night meetings, which suck, I don't watch them, I record it if its the Giants. Why I said meetings instead games is a real good question.
are that the NFL would set up their schedule for Sat + Sun so that every single game is nationally televised.
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
That doesn't seem possible unless they have games 24 hours a day. Assuming TNF and MNF, you'd have 14 games on the weekend. Assuming 4 teams are on a bye, then you are talking about at least 12 games. At ~3hrs each, that is 36 hours worth of a football. Which would be 18hours for Saturday, and 18 hours for Sunday. That would be 6am-midnight for both days. Doesn't seem possible.
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are that the NFL would set up their schedule for Sat + Sun so that every single game is nationally televised.
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
That doesn't seem possible unless they have games 24 hours a day. Assuming TNF and MNF, you'd have 14 games on the weekend. Assuming 4 teams are on a bye, then you are talking about at least 12 games. At ~3hrs each, that is 36 hours worth of a football. Which would be 18hours for Saturday, and 18 hours for Sunday. That would be 6am-midnight for both days. Doesn't seem possible.
You do have multiple networks. A 4-pack on Saturday afternoon, a 4-pack on Sunday afternoon, SNF, MNF, TNF. Make weekend night games doubleheaders all season. That just about covers it.
its possible a vaccine will be available before the end of 2020
Not really. There may be vaccines in final testing before the end of 2020, but that stage of testing simply takes as long as it takes, which is 90 days I think. That's a large trial to gauge safety and efficacy.
Then, even if one (or more) is proven safe and effective, there's still going to be a ramp-up for mass production. I'm guessing Q1 2021 is best case completion of trials to get a proven vaccine, and Q2 is best case for mass production. Then Q3 and Q4 to actually administer the vaccine — and that's if it's a one-dose vaccine. If it's two doses, where you have to come back in 90 days for a second shot or something, that certainly stretches out the timeline to Q1 and Q2 2022 for things to begin to get back to something that looks like normal.
So if we can all stay alive and financially afloat that long, we have a chance to all be vaccinated in a year or two. Maybe.
But you know, there's always the chance of a major breakthrough. You just can't bank on something like that.
So for example take week 7 of the schedule (picking a random week) - and put half the league on bye that week. With the newly inserted week 8, those bye teams would then play that week while the other half of the league has a bye. Do the same for week 15.
Remove the bye week of the Super Bowl since no one is attending this year anyway — and so you’ve only added one week but can now flexibly reschedule games as teams inevitably have outbreaks during the year.
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
That would be amazing!
Since none of those events are going on, it does make less complicated to switch venues and games.
Its not looking good
The only optimism i have is that 24 different vaccines are in human trials now. That means its possible a vaccine will be available before the end of 2020
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
That doesn't seem possible unless they have games 24 hours a day. Assuming TNF and MNF, you'd have 14 games on the weekend. Assuming 4 teams are on a bye, then you are talking about at least 12 games. At ~3hrs each, that is 36 hours worth of a football. Which would be 18hours for Saturday, and 18 hours for Sunday. That would be 6am-midnight for both days. Doesn't seem possible.
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are that the NFL would set up their schedule for Sat + Sun so that every single game is nationally televised.
Essentially free sunday ticket for all. NFL is king.
That doesn't seem possible unless they have games 24 hours a day. Assuming TNF and MNF, you'd have 14 games on the weekend. Assuming 4 teams are on a bye, then you are talking about at least 12 games. At ~3hrs each, that is 36 hours worth of a football. Which would be 18hours for Saturday, and 18 hours for Sunday. That would be 6am-midnight for both days. Doesn't seem possible.
You do have multiple networks. A 4-pack on Saturday afternoon, a 4-pack on Sunday afternoon, SNF, MNF, TNF. Make weekend night games doubleheaders all season. That just about covers it.
Then, even if one (or more) is proven safe and effective, there's still going to be a ramp-up for mass production. I'm guessing Q1 2021 is best case completion of trials to get a proven vaccine, and Q2 is best case for mass production. Then Q3 and Q4 to actually administer the vaccine — and that's if it's a one-dose vaccine. If it's two doses, where you have to come back in 90 days for a second shot or something, that certainly stretches out the timeline to Q1 and Q2 2022 for things to begin to get back to something that looks like normal.
So if we can all stay alive and financially afloat that long, we have a chance to all be vaccinated in a year or two. Maybe.
But you know, there's always the chance of a major breakthrough. You just can't bank on something like that.