(02-05-2020 05:39 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 11:23 PM)goofus Wrote:  

(02-03-2020 07:04 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Is the NFL aware that if they choose to make the regular season last into January that they are going to have far more games in frigid conditions in places like Green Bay, Cleveland, Buffalo, New England, and Denver?

They’d be far better off starting the season earlier and permitting more prime time games for warm weather teams who play outdoors like Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa, LA, Carolina, etc.

There will never be any brand new Open air NFL stadium proposed ever again in northern NFL cities. From now on , they will all be either retractable roof, like in Indy, or the new trendy translucent roofs, like in Minny.

Outside of Buffalo, I can't think of a northern NFL team that doesn't have a new stadium or massively overhauled their old one in the last 20 years.

Right, they are not going to build new indoor stadiums tomorrow if a 17 game schedule is approved and the regular season is pushed into mid-January.

But when the time comes, maybe 10-15 years from now, to consider building a new stadium, there will be a strong push for something with a roof. When 1/3 of a team's regular schedule is played in late November to Mid-January, plus playoffs in late January, it's ridiculous to make the average fan sit in the cold for so many games.