What is the chief motivation of NFL schedule makers?
After looking at the 2026 NFL schedule, it's clear that the league is motivated by one thing only.
"For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. " Those words were penned nearly 2000 years ago by the Apostle Paul, and are they any less true today? They certainly couldn't be truer today in the NFL.
The NFL published its 2026 regular-season schedules for all 32 teams last Thursday. Yes, the competitive league that loves to talk about its parity had produced another schedule that revealed its chief motivation was honoring fairness in competition, in rest days, and in allowing teams to prepare for their next opponents equally. Uh, hardly.
Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it, Charlie Brown? Immediately upon looking at the schedule, some things should jump out to us. The first being that there are a record nine International games being played in the 2026 season.
It continues to increase, and why does the NFL do this? Because it is good for the players? They do it to make more global money off the players.