The NFL will release the 2020 game schedule next week, and despite talk of
alternative scheduling or a late start because of the coronavirus, it is
expected to be a business-as-usual slate.
ESPN reported Saturday that the 17-week season will open Sept. 10 and close
with the Super Bowl on Feb. 7 in Tampa, Fla., citing league spokesman Brian
McCarthy.
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“We plan to start on time,” McCarthy said.
The league has discussed contingency plans, however.
Sports Business Daily reported Monday that the NFL was forming contingency
plans in case its schedule of games needs to be altered, including delaying
season openers by more than a month and moving the Super Bowl to the end of
February.