NFL Holidays and Hidden Costs

The loudest reaction to the schedule wasn't really about dates. It was about what the league is optimizing for, who absorbs the cost, and how much strain gets waved away as the price of growth. Once you look at the holiday games, the international windows, and the primetime choices together, the logic is pretty clear even if the tradeoffs are not.Holiday scheduling backlashPlayer health and roster mathInternational games and calendar distortionPrimetime bias versus competitive equityStrength of schedule and narrative trapsPromo videos and what they revealBottom lineThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm