The NFL specializes in cutting off its nose to spite its face to the point that the league’s crest might as well be a Picasso painting. Players and league reps decided against a bubble, and of course, everyone wants to make sure the NFL can make as much money as possible in 2020 to avoid disastrous consequences in 2021 and beyond. But trying to play a 16-game schedule all across the country to try and squeeze every last dollar likely ends the same way baseball seems headed: a cancelled season.
In an effort to overcome an enemy, in this case the COVID-19 pandemic, the league will puts itself at greater harm from that very enemy.