At this point

[Pantherzack179812]

Why not shorten the season to 12 games and start in mid-December? Cut out AFC/NFC matchups and end regular season late February, play the Super Bowl the last week of March or 1st week of April.

It's readily hoped we will have a vaccine before the end of 2020, at that point each fan should make an informed decision on whether to attend or not if they are not one of the people vaccinated. 

Getting sick of these games... if its not safe NOW, how is it going to be safe to kickoff in early September when we have done nothing yet to pull a 180?

Id rather have a late shortened season where fans can attend games, as opposed to the turd we will get this fall when every media outlet will be looking for a reason to help cancel the season. 

Id assume 12 games with capacity crowds would create more revenue then 16 games with 0 fans (let's be real, no NFL team will have more then 15,000 at best.). 

There are multiple vaccine candidates in phase 3, odds are at least one or two will work... this BS the NFL is trying to put together at the last second is pointless.

 

[Jesse]

$$$

[bababoey]

Fans don't matter that much to revenue in the NFL.  TV contracts matter.  You could play the games on the moon with the TV money the NFL has for 16 games and it would still work.

[Happy Panther]

If it is safe to do it without fans or 20% capacity then get it done. So I can watch football. But based on the MLB so far it doesn't seem promising.

[Little Goody Two Shoes]

I have two kids in college (different schools) and they're both starting early because they are expecting a surge in cases in the late fall.

[Pantherzack179812]

1 hour ago, Jesse said:

$$$

A December regular season with 12 games selling 60,000 tickets on average would make more money then a regular season with 16 games with zero fans

 

No legal basis for blocking fan attendence once you have a vaccine.

[Peon Awesome]

I think the chances we not only have an effective vaccine available by November but distributed and administered to enough people that we could reasonably try to play with fans at full capacity in stadiums is somewhere between 0 and negative 15%. Also the virus is more likely to be more easily spread by then and also will coincide with the start of flu season. It's just a colossally bad idea. Your goal is realistically reserved for the 2021 season and even that's not 100% certain.

[Happy Panther]

6 minutes ago, Peon Awesome said:

I think the chances we not only have an effective vaccine available by November but distributed and administered to enough people that we could reasonably try to play with fans at full capacity in stadiums is somewhere between 0 and negative 15%. 

[bababoey]

6 minutes ago, Pantherzack179812 said:

A December regular season with 12 games selling 60,000 tickets on average would make more money then a regular season with 16 games with zero fans

 

No legal basis for blocking fan attendence once you have a vaccine.

No it would not.  Probably not even close.  TV contracts are based on 17 weeks of games.  You change that to 12,  no matter how many fans you have in the stands for all 12 games,  it would be less money than a normal 17 week season.  The NFL currently makes more than 5 billion a year for TV deals.  Fans in the stadium help, but TV drives the NFL and all of sports for that matter.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

1 hour ago, bababoey said:

Fans don't matter that much to revenue in the NFL.  TV contracts matter.  You could play the games on the moon with the TV money the NFL has for 16 games and it would still work.

poo I know I'd watch that.  99 yard field goals.

[t96]

3 minutes ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

poo I know I'd watch that.  99 yard field goals.

Infinite yard field goals

[thunderraiden]

1 hour ago, Peon Awesome said:

I think the chances we not only have an effective vaccine available by November but distributed and administered to enough people that we could reasonably try to play with fans at full capacity in stadiums is somewhere between 0 and negative 15%. Also the virus is more likely to be more easily spread by then and also will coincide with the start of flu season. It's just a colossally bad idea. Your goal is realistically reserved for the 2021 season and even that's not 100% certain.

Your thoughts are very wrong about the vaccine chances considering what billionaires and millionaires are betting on.

[Moo Daeng]

nm

[LinvilleGorge]

44 minutes ago, thunderraiden said:

Your thoughts are very wrong about the vaccine chances considering what billionaires and millionaires are betting on.

It's not just about developing the vaccine. It's about producing it and all of the related materials (vials, etc). Lots of money is required for this, but it doesn't magically solve the issue. It'll take time to ramp up the production. Having a widespread vaccine available a year from now would still be a monumental achievement. It'll be emergency use for awhile. The wealthy and powerful will get theirs, then the most vulnerable segments of the population, then widespread availability.