Due to health reasons and the money/injury issues....full contact practice games need to COUNT.
Hell, make the season just start and play
18 games...or even
20 games(add the 4 PS games they already play). Use the OTAs/Training camp and a few scrimmages to get players up to speed....and then, just START THE SEASON!!!!! All 32 teams will ahve the same disadvantage and the teams that get used to the hitting and game speed fastest will do better. There is just so much to lose
(player injuries) for meaningless PS games...just make them all count. Allow a roster size of 63 active to cover the extra 2 to 4 games added....hell, they play the games anyway..make them MATTER!!!!
The TBI stuff is gonna come out to be more & more a factor and so, just make the impacts COUNT by making the games count. imo
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