There’s an idea among health care professionals that has taken on a mythical nature in recent decades: When there’s a full moon, you want to stay far away from the emergency room. People tend to act crazier on those nights and hospital visits allegedly spike.
Lunar effects are believed to exist in other contexts as well. Either through science or old wives tales, a full moon can impact birth rates, blood loss and crime. I want to posit a new context, though. I firmly believe that, through the first seven weeks of the season, the NFL has been operating under a full moon.