The NFL It was no stranger to the sudden change that the arrival of the coronavirus brought to the world and, in addition to the consequences that they experienced in the 2020 season, players who decided to get off, stadiums without fans and outbreaks that caused rescheduling, the 2021 campaign will also be affected.
A few days ago Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported that the office of Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL, will make the decision to extend the league’s 2021 season one more week. A modification that had not occurred since the 1978 season because from that year on the campaign was played with 17 weeks and a day off.
In order to offset the economic losses brought by the coronavirus in the 2020 season, The NFL decided, it will make it official in the next few days, that the 2021 campaign will have 18 weeks with its respective day of rest for each team.
According to ESPN’s Sebastián Martínez-Christensen, this Additional game for the 2021 NFL season will represent a billion dollars in earnings approximately. This will also help keep the salary cap close to $ 180 million.
The consequences of the 18 weeks in the NFL 2021
Should the extra game go official for the 2021 NFL season, the league schedule will have to cut the preseason from four to three or two games. Meanwhile he Super Bowl LVI would be delayed for at least a week and it would be played between the second and third week of February.
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