Sources say no NFL preseason this year

[Kyle82]

Just checked my Ticket account and both preseason tix have been removed; they were there last week 

[toldozer]

38 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Not a terrible idea. I know this may be what happened with college basketball 

NCAA could increase tourney to 128 teams,  that would be cool.  Then unc might make the cut. 

[PantherFanInPhilly]

Calling it now...my 2020 NFL season prediction will be every team's starting QB will represent their team in a season long Tecmo Bowl tournament. 

[musicman]

The organization itself and all the behind the scenes people need the preseason more than the players to a degree. It takes a lot of coordination of PT workers to put on a major event. If we didn't, Game 1 would be a crap shoot. 

[musicman]

1 hour ago, Kyle82 said:

Just checked my Ticket account and both preseason tix have been removed; they were there last week 

Thats because they cancelled weeks 1 & 4 (both home games for us) and said they would give each team a home game. If there's a preseason, the Panthers will get one home game back. 

[TheMostInterestingMan]

19 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

How will they handle the draft if no season?

Probably the way the NHL did recently after the holdout. Basically a lottery based on the past 3 years performances 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, toldozer said:

NCAA could increase tourney to 128 teams,  that would be cool.  Then unc might make the cut. 

Can't miss the tournament when there is no tournament. 4D chess.

[toldozer]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Can't miss the tournament when there is no tournament. 4D chess.

Yeah everyone knows your boy Roy orchestrated all this to take the focus away from the heels sucking.

[LinvilleGorge]

24 minutes ago, toldozer said:

Yeah everyone knows your boy Roy orchestrated all this to take the focus away from the heels sucking.

It would take a giant asteroid to distract from all the years of state sucking.

[kungfoodude]

8 hours ago, t96 said:

How games without fans (or with fans) would be operated with COVID procedures as well as travel procedures.

Eh....I view that as just more opportunity for exposure, TBH. I would say not worth the risk of the season as a whole. I am also not getting that chunk of change they generate.

[t96]

30 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Eh....I view that as just more opportunity for exposure, TBH. I would say not worth the risk of the season as a whole. I am also not getting that chunk of change they generate.

If they couldn’t even make it through two preseason games while testing all the procedures then they certainly couldn’t have a season and would just shut it down then. Better to have that happen in the trial phase of preseason than after the season actually officially starts.

[4Corners]

Big Ten expected to announce in the next two weeks if they will cancel/postpone fall sports. If they cancel, you can go ahead and forget about any college sports for the rest of the year. We can hope and be optimistic, but I think every person reading this who has critical thinking ability knows what is going to happen. It’s going to be a very gloomy fall. 

[4Corners]

2 hours ago, toldozer said:

Yeah everyone knows your boy Roy orchestrated all this to take the focus away from the heels sucking.

Heels has a historically bad season. Won’t see another season like that again any time soon. Too bad the tourney got cancelled - I was really excited to see which mid major/no name program dook was going to make famous by an upset again. Oh well. 

[LinvilleGorge]

30 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Big Ten expected to announce in the next two weeks if they will cancel/postpone fall sports. If they cancel, you can go ahead and forget about any college sports for the rest of the year. We can hope and be optimistic, but I think every person reading this who has critical thinking ability knows what is going to happen. It’s going to be a very gloomy fall. 

The Ivy League has already cancelled all fall sports.