Do you see NFL season starting w/o delays?

[TexasBoys2288]

Yes

 

[Hawkeye0202]

As it stands right now, it's hard to imagine 80-90K people in one venue 5-6 months from now.

 

[The Fonz]

No football this season

 

[Sepia]

If the season did arrive, I’m curious as to how in shape players will be if their offseason training and coaching is affected. OTAs, practicing with hired trainers, gym workouts, and maybe even training camp could be off the table.

 

[ShortRound]

Gawd I hope so.

 

[StarBoyz83]

No it will be delayed or canceled imo

 

[JoeKing]

I think it starts on time and things are back to basically normal by end of May/June.

I agree. The NFL goes on as scheduled and we have a phenomenal season of football.

 

[tyke1doe]

If we get people to do what they're supposed to do, maybe. But right now, I'm saying, "No." There will be a delay.

 

[gjkoeppen]

Nope... I don’t even think there will be a season.
Best case scenario maybe something like, play divisional games only, so a 6 game regular season and top 2 teams from each division in to the playoffs... and then an 8 team conference playoff situation similar to 1982.

Your plan is just saying HALF of the league is in the playoffs. If they go with just a divisional schedule it should still be similar to now with the divisional winners and 2 wildcard teams per conference and the top 2 divisional teams in each conference get the 1st playoff weekend off and then goes on from there. Shortened schedule or not, half of the teams don't belong in the playoffs. No participation trophies here.
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[gjkoeppen]

No, and if there is a season at all, I believe the stands will have a ton of empty seats unless ticket prices fall. I wonder what the salary cap is going to do in the next few years.

The salary cap is based primarily on the TV contracts and empty live gates have nothing to do with the TV contracts. If anything it will help that because there will be more people watching from home. The live gate and merchandise sales is what pays for the coaches, administrative help, maintenance of the facilities, air travel and hotels for road games, everything other than players salary.
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[DeaconBlues]

42

 

[Hawkeye0202]

42

You lost me Deacon.......what's 42 for? (lol)

 

[viman96]

I would not be surprised if the schedule is reduced to 10-12 games.

 

[Reality]

42

Tom Brady's age?

 

[DeaconBlues]

The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

 

[Reality]

I would not be surprised if the schedule is reduced to 10-12 games.

If necessary, I could see a shorter season and/or a slightly shorter training camp along with cancelling the last two pre-season games.

However, it's still way too early to write off the season right now. The NFL will have a much better idea in May or June whether its feasible to have a full or partial season or cancel the season.

 

[Reality]

The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(number)#The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy

I think you're just a Troy Hambrick fan

 

[DanA]

I think NFL will run as normal except pre-season games. I think they will be adjusted to accommodate impact on training camp

 

[Beaker42]

I’m taking the optimistic view. 6 months is a long time. The regular season will start on time. Preseason games might be cut back though.

2 would be fine by me.

 

[DogFace]

It might