It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. I wonder if they'll move important big games to later in the season?
Most of the things you read keep saying how the NFL thinks they'll miss a few games but then they will get a deal done once players start losing checks. If that's the case, then you don't want big games being missed. Do you not schedule division games until week five or somewhere around there? You don't want to run into a situation where lets say the Ravens at Steelers game gets cancelled, then later in the year the Ravens beat the Steelers at home, tie for the division, and the Ravens get the title because they have the tiebreaker. Steelers fans and the media will cry bloody murder that the Steelers didn't get a home game against their rival.
Also, what about big games like Cutler coming back to Denver? If that game gets cancelled, he wouldn't come back for six more years, and may never make it back to Denver. That is a big promotional type game that you can't miss out on.
All I'm saying is it will be interesting to see what the schedule looks like. Maybe they aren't taking any of these things into account because they have bigger fish to fry. I for one am way less excited about the schedules coming out then every before. Thanks owners, assholes.
Curt
Ok, I'll admit, I was way off on that. Clearly they think they are starting the season on time. I hope so.
ReplyDeleteBroncos starting Monday night, nice.