Updates
June 21, 2020: an update. The Dak Prescott / Dallas Cowboys story hinges on how the pandemic plays out.
June 6, 2020: an update.
May 26, 2020: Troy Aikman weighs in.
Original Post
Here are my thoughts why this is the most important story of the week on so many levels:
- anyone who says the NFL season will go on as usual this year is not reading the newspapers or the tea leaves or is taking a huge bet:
- is there a chance the 20-21 NFL season will be canceled? Yes, an extremely small chance.
- is there a chance the 20-21 NFL season will be delayed? Yes, the likelihood is 100%. Same link.
- unlike NASCAR, the NFL will not play in front of empty stadiums
- with NASCAR, the networks seldom even "show" the stands (except at the finish); the stands are generally empty except for a very small area -- and that's just in front of the finish line; NASCAR doesn't need "social distancing" rules for the fans; the fans have socially distanced themselves from NASCAR for years;
- with the NFL, the fans are almost as much as the game as the players themselves; both for television optics and for the teams playing;
- there is already talk of a 3-week delay in the start of the season, which brings us to October;
- it's not a stretch to see a further one-month delay
- at the end of the day, all that is really necessary is to play enough games (maybe seven) to salvage the playoffs and the Super Bowl
- everyone has penciled in November 4, 2020, as the last day of the Wuhan flu pandemic
- by then, everything is "back to normal"
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