NFL Owners Want an 18-Game Schedule Because They Feed on My Exhaustion
Patriots and Colts owners have publicly voiced support for expanding the NFL regular season to 18 games. Do they not realize that watching 17 games is already a Herculean task that leaves me emotionally barren and physically slumped over my coffee table? Eighteen games is a bridge too far.
I Cannot Sustain This
By Week 14, my fantasy football team is usually a hospital ward, and my enthusiasm for the sport has been replaced by a grim, obligatory habit. Adding another week to the schedule is just corporate greed masquerading as entertainment. I don’t have the stamina to care about a Week 18 matchup between two 4-13 teams.
The Caveats Are Lies
They said they support it “with caveats.” The caveat is always just “more money for us, more stress for Kip.” I am going to write a strongly worded letter to the commissioner, and then never mail it because I don’t own stamps.
