The NFL is about to confirm a new schedule of 17 games for the 2021 regular season. Virtual meetings between the owners of the league’s teams are expected this week so that this change is finalized and announced. causing certain problems.
In social networks, the first opinion messages from the players have already been seen where they have shown their rejection of this change, which will cause the teams to play one more game, in addition to extending the season one more week.
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This also means that the next Super Bowl LVI, to be held at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, suffers the consequences and may be affected.
According to a report from sportsbusinessjournal.com, Super Bowl LVI was scheduled for February 6, 2022. However, with this calendar change, it is likely that the date will be changed to February 13.
It would be the first drastic change to the NFL schedule since 1978 when the classic 16 regular season games were implemented in 17 weeks, with a bye week for teams. This without counting the 1982 and 1987 seasons, affected by the strikes.
According to the NFL Network, teams will continue to have that bye week, although the season will be extended to 18 weeks. It is not the first time that the NFL season has been 18 weeks, something that already happened in 1993, although with the exception that at that time there was a second week of rest for the teams. In this sense, the solution will be to cut the number of preseason games.
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