When I was 15, a lot of sports literally didn't matter
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On Tuesday, the NFL announced that it was expanding the regular season (for the first time in 43 years) from 16 games to 17. It also reduced the number of preseason games from four to three. When I was 15 years old in 1976, the NFL played 14 regular season games and 6 exhibition games. Yes, they were called exhibition games. The stars—even the superstars—played in them. Six weeks of meaningless games. Just try and find the stats of them. Box scores of them. Accounts of them.
When I was 15, a lot of sports literally didn't matter
When I was 15, a lot of sports literally…
When I was 15, a lot of sports literally didn't matter
On Tuesday, the NFL announced that it was expanding the regular season (for the first time in 43 years) from 16 games to 17. It also reduced the number of preseason games from four to three. When I was 15 years old in 1976, the NFL played 14 regular season games and 6 exhibition games. Yes, they were called exhibition games. The stars—even the superstars—played in them. Six weeks of meaningless games. Just try and find the stats of them. Box scores of them. Accounts of them.