Second, before Goodell took over and mercilessly slaughtered the golden goose, the schedule was always out by the first week in April, i.e. now, before general incompetance delayed the schedule unveiling for weeks for no valid reason-the last couple years.

Lastly, this time of year has always been eagerly anticipated (by me anyway) for the schedule to come out so I could start making plans for road trips once I knew dates and times where my beloved squad would be playing. Not this year. Frankly, until I read this article, I had completely forgotton that this was always the time when the schedule was released. The NFL is so far on the backburner right now, for me at least, and I have a feeling it will never be the same. The NFL has had a good run, and I’ll always love and follow my team, but as far as the the league on the whole goes, I think I am cashing out. Sad, it didn’t have to be this way.