Paul from Farnborough, UK
Vic, so back when you were a kid watching football, was the schedule determined more by a team’s proximity to one another to limit travel costs and create local rivalry?
When I was a kid, let’s say 1960 when the Cowboys came into the league and the AFL was born, there were two conferences (East and West) and 13 teams. The geography of the league was tilted decidedly toward the northeast. The Redskins literally owned the rights to the entire South. We really didn’t take note of the schedule until training camp began.