Simple…. The NFL PA (players union) didn’t want to add games. They swapped a pre season game for a regular season game. Same number overall, but more lucrative (more TV money).
Football is a violent sport where they have already pushed the limit on how many games their bodies will take.
Stopped watching NFL years ago, but they’ve been talking about this format for decades.
This isn’t some white hat operation nor would I try to spin it into one. The NFL is woke and almost all of, if not all of the owners are as elite as they come. Let them go broke by promoting woke agendas.
Organized sports NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR are one of the primary reasons cable bills skyrocketed during the 1990s and never stopped. The TV broadcast rights aren’t cheap. It’s yet another tax (or was before cord cutting) on regular citizens to make those in control mega wealthy. Even if you didn’t watch sports you couldn’t “opt out” of channels like ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and ESPN who got bigger cuts of the cable bill than that of independent channels. But now independents (Food Network, Bravo, etc) hardly exist independently because they all got bought up by the major three players or are subsidiaries of them.
This is why 'revenue sharing broadcast rights' has been pursued by every player's union that has popped up in e-sports. All of the team owners know this is where the big money lies.
There was some weirdness with Antonio Brown taking off his shoulder pads, helmet and shirts and just walking off the field today, giving the peace out sign to the fans. He has been the Trouble Child of the NFL for years. I would not be surprised to see a pro sports thread arise out of this - I.e. he will show how the deep state has infiltrated professional sports. Similar to how Britney Spears will show the corruption in singing/conservatorships. For reference, I am female and used to love all sports. This year the Winter Olympics will get a pass from me, but I will hopefully watch Brady take the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl 😁
They added a regular season game and gave up a pre season game to make more money.
That actually makes sense. I think after really the second game they pretty much get the kinks worked out.
Gotta make up for those plummeting ratings somehow ...
As an experiment just for shits and giggles, the main professional league of American football should try not hating on America.
lol come on...
do you really think there is a 'NORMIE' explanation for anything, anymore?
Do you think the NFL owners and players agreed to make changes for the significance of the number 17 or money?
I’m guessing money
Simple…. The NFL PA (players union) didn’t want to add games. They swapped a pre season game for a regular season game. Same number overall, but more lucrative (more TV money).
Football is a violent sport where they have already pushed the limit on how many games their bodies will take.
https://searchvoat.co/v/QRV/3874193
its not meaningless to us
Stopped watching NFL years ago, but they’ve been talking about this format for decades.
This isn’t some white hat operation nor would I try to spin it into one. The NFL is woke and almost all of, if not all of the owners are as elite as they come. Let them go broke by promoting woke agendas.
Organized sports NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR are one of the primary reasons cable bills skyrocketed during the 1990s and never stopped. The TV broadcast rights aren’t cheap. It’s yet another tax (or was before cord cutting) on regular citizens to make those in control mega wealthy. Even if you didn’t watch sports you couldn’t “opt out” of channels like ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and ESPN who got bigger cuts of the cable bill than that of independent channels. But now independents (Food Network, Bravo, etc) hardly exist independently because they all got bought up by the major three players or are subsidiaries of them.
This is why 'revenue sharing broadcast rights' has been pursued by every player's union that has popped up in e-sports. All of the team owners know this is where the big money lies.
There was some weirdness with Antonio Brown taking off his shoulder pads, helmet and shirts and just walking off the field today, giving the peace out sign to the fans. He has been the Trouble Child of the NFL for years. I would not be surprised to see a pro sports thread arise out of this - I.e. he will show how the deep state has infiltrated professional sports. Similar to how Britney Spears will show the corruption in singing/conservatorships. For reference, I am female and used to love all sports. This year the Winter Olympics will get a pass from me, but I will hopefully watch Brady take the Buccaneers to the Super Bowl 😁
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKqswD4z9b0
Savitch died in a ‘car accident’ less than a year after publishing this.