The NBA ended with LeBron James’ Lakers as champions and with a unique recognition. They did not have a single case of coronavirus, while they played in the Orlando bubble. That is why the NFL is considering doing the same, for the postseason.
In recent days, the NFL has been greatly affected by the coronavirus. An outbreak in the Titans plus some cases where Patriots, They led to reset the eight-game schedule, leaving without Thursday Night Football to Week 6.
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That is why according to information from The Athletic, the NFL is considering following the same model as the MLB. That is to say, that the wild card round is played in the stadiums of the local teams but from the divisional round, it is already done in neutral places.
There are no plans to change venues or create a bubble for the remainder of the season, until the playoffs. Beyond that they are exposed to another outbreak that ends up “disorganizing” the entire calendar. Although they do not rule out creating a Week 18 if required.
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Another of the measures that NFL It could take, in case more cases of coronavirus are registered, is that some teams do not play their 16 games of the calendar. This especially for Titans The Patriots, who had to force their week off and no longer have dates available.
If he couldn’t play one of his games, he wouldn’t count towards the postseason. However, starting from the divisional round, they would seek to create a bubble to avoid contagion and that the matches suffer some modification.
Los Angeles or Dallas
In the MLB they opted for Arlington, Houston, San Diego Y The Angels to play the postseason, starting in the divisional round. They also changed the World Series to a single venue to be played at the Texas Rangers Stadium, the Globe Life Park.
Something like that is what the NFL. For now, according to the same source, the options are: Dallas (AT&T Stadium) y The Angels (the newly opened (SoFi Stadium) to create the bubble, although they have not decided on any option yet.
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The 2020 NFL season it will be the first in which seven teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs. The first seed of each of them would have the “advantage” of playing at home in the divisional round but the possible creation of a bubble, it would ruin those plans.
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