The NFL’s 2024 schedule release is probably supposed to be happening this week. Even though it probably could’ve been a succinct email, we’re supposed to learn when everyone will play each other. But it seems the NFL’s own (unsurprising) last-minute hubris might delay the next part of the calendar, where we breathlessly devote time to the league without a second thought.
According to Pro Football Talk, the league’s relatively recent Christmas plans to play two games on the upcoming Wednesday holiday might have thrown this schedule bonanza for a loop. It’s apparently to the point that the league likely hasn’t even figured out the concrete logistics for Christmas, which has delayed everything else.
“Equally mysterious is the reason for the delay. The most obvious source of the complication is the fairly recent decision to play two games on Wednesday, December 25 — after the league insisted for months that it wouldn’t wedge games onto Christmas when it lands on a Tuesday or a Wednesday. Between picking the teams to play on Christmas and selling the broadcast rights to the games and then having those same four teams play the preceding Saturday, the plan might have thrown a wrench into the gears.”
Do you mean to tell me the NFL might have gotten a little arrogant about its success and growth, which potentially delayed another part of the year it wants to dominate? No. No way. I’m so shocked.