The 2020 NFL season is bound to look quite a bit different from years past this fall. Of course, that is if the season is played at all, which is still very much in the air. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the sporting world at large has been turned upside down, and the future is anything but certain. Whether fans are present, or if games are even played, we will all be forced to adapt to the changing landscape.
One of the biggest changes that might come our way is a scheduling shift, where one more day of the weekend is now open for games, assuming that college football doesn’t return as soon as we may think.
According to a report from the New York Post via the Touchdown Wire, the NFL is exploring the possibility of playing games on Saturdays if college football decides to postpone its season due to complications from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though the NFL would like to keep the majority of its games played on Sundays, there is a possibility the league could take advantage of Saturdays and have tripleheader action, akin to what occurred in Week 16 when the Texans kicked off a three-game slate on NFL Network.
The NFL could go to more extremes if Saturday is freed up for its whole season. It could have a triple-header with games at 1 p.m., 4:30 and 8, or just have one Saturday game of the week.
… It is an interesting idea that won’t be resolved when the schedule is announced by May 9, but the NFL likely will give itself some flexibility.
A bunch of scheduling questions are sure to be brought up and debated over the next several weeks and months, but making the NFL an all-weekend ordeal sounds pretty appealing. Of course, with zero live sports going on at the moment, any mention of a weekend jam-packed with games sounds like heaven.
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