# Proposal for a 17 game NFL season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 17, 2019, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786 "2019-08-17T07:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/21 "2019-08-20T23:04:21Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > they can easily add a week by playing on Labor day weekend , now they start the next weekend. Temperature may be a factor; Labor Day weekend can be extremely hot. And with climate change it’ll only get hotter. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/22 "2019-08-20T23:06:16Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Temperature may be a factor; Labor Day weekend can be extremely hot. And with climate change it’ll only get hotter. They’re already playing in August for preseason. And other than the Florida teams, I think everyone in the south has a dome. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/23 "2019-08-21T06:28:17Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Yeah, in context, I get what it means, but I’ve been a baseball fan for 40 years, and I’ve never heard the term in that context with regards to baseball. Darren Daulton the captain for the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies NL championship team and the Florida Marlins 1997 World Series Champions used the term all the time on a local baseball sports talk show in Philly. If it’s good enough a term for him it’s good enough for me but I’ve heard it from other baseball players. A “blow” is a day off. If you have a problem with me calling an NFL bye week a “blow” maybe there is too much free time on your hands #DONTHIJACKMYTHREAD Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/24 "2019-08-21T14:48:33Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Darren Daulton the captain for the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies NL championship team and the Florida Marlins 1997 World Series Champions used the term all the time on a local baseball sports talk show in Philly. If it’s good enough a term for him it’s good enough for me but I’ve heard it from other baseball players. A “blow” is a day off. If you have a problem with me calling an NFL bye week a “blow” maybe there is too much free time on your hands #DONTHIJACKMYTHREAD 1. I wasn’t the one who originally disputed your use of the term. 2. You might need a blow from your thread. I shall not intrude upon your weird threads in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/25 "2019-08-21T15:22:57Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > 1. I wasn’t the one who originally disputed your use of the term. > > 2. You might need a blow from your thread. > > I shall not intrude upon your weird threads in the future. Same. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/26 "2019-08-21T21:07:11Z")
[Moderating] Yeah, that might have seemed more gentle in your head, **russian heel** , but it does come off as a bit harsh. Let’s see if we can keep the tone a bit cooler, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/27 "2019-08-22T01:10:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > > Yeah, that might have seemed more gentle in your head, **russian heel** , but it does come off as a bit harsh. Let’s see if we can keep the tone a bit cooler, shall we? Got it. Bad mood yesterday! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/28 "2019-08-22T09:13:39Z")
“with players getting a blow “ > [@russian\_heel](#): > > It’s a sports term for “day off”. It’s mostly used in baseball. It’s use in US sports is outside my ken. But “to take (or have) a blow” in a slang term for having a break from hard labour dates back to convict times and is still used in context by my family. ---
**Author:** ![Zelski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@Zelski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zelski)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786/29 "2019-08-29T06:27:27Z")
[Here is a Giraffe thread](https://www.giraffeboards.com/showthread.php?t=49880) from early in August that touches on some of these topics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-for-a-17-game-nfl-season/838786.md?page=1)