For those of you furious with the NFL for dragging out the schedule release and Draft, this is hilarious.

[ed from Bel Air]

http://kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com/...dule-roll.html

This is hysterical.

[Haloti92]

The NFL already announced that it will release the schedule on April 22nd.

[ed from Bel Air]

The NFL already announced that it will release the schedule on April 22nd.

The NFL hasn't announced a damn thing, yet. ProFootballtalk speculated it would be released the 22nd, or the 23rd, or the 24th. But other than their PR guy tweeting "we will announce it when we announce it" the NFL has been silent on this other than running a crawl on NFL network saying "2014 NFL schedule release coming soon".

[Dade]

I don't get why people are so upset that the NFL hasn't released the schedule yet.

[The Fanatic]

I don't get why people are so upset that the NFL hasn't released the schedule yet.

It's part of being an NFL fan.

Everybody's starving for football again and seeing who you play and when builds up the momentum of knowing the season is coming soon.

Kind of like the draft...

No matter who we draft, none of us know how well those guys will perform, but it's like getting cool christmas presents except in the Spring.

That, and people want to start planning their year with road trips, etc. (flights, hotels, etc.)

In my case, I am planning on going to New Orleans with several folks on here.
I need to get my vacation request turned into work ASAP before others may request the same days off and I'm denied those days.
The delay of the schedule seriously reduces the chances that my request days off are granted, particularly if it's around a holiday weekend.

[Dade]

It's part of being an NFL fan.

Everybody's starving for football again and seeing who you play and when builds up the momentum of knowing the season is coming soon.

Kind of like the draft...

No matter who we draft, none of us know how well those guys will perform, but it's like getting cool christmas presents except in the Spring.

That, and people want to start planning their year with road trips, etc. (flights, hotels, etc.)

In my case, I am planning on going to New Orleans with several folks on here.
I need to get my vacation request turned into work ASAP before others may request the same days off and I'm denied those days.
The delay of the schedule seriously reduces the chances that my request days off are granted, particularly if it's around a holiday weekend.

I get all that. People are trying to plan vacations/travel days to attend games. I'm in the same boat living in Germany and wanting to attend at least 2 games this year.

The off season sucks and we all are starved for the NFL...it just seems like the popular thing to do is hate on the NFL.

[Captain Offense]

I don't get why people are so upset that the NFL hasn't released the schedule yet.

As Fanatic said, the schedule for the last part of the year depends on the NFL schedule. Whether it is an away game or scheduling other events, how it all plays out is important. When I invest the kind of money I do into season tickets I want to go to all of them, and with 3 of 4 children living out of state, getting them an opportunity to come to town for a game is a project.

And yea I am addicted to the sport.

[nickh0801]

I don't get why people are so upset that the NFL hasn't released the schedule yet.

Because seeing the schedule allows me to see which games I can plan on going to, and the earlier I can make plans, the better chance I have at getting off work to do so. :)

[Ravenboy2003]

Because seeing the schedule allows me to see which games I can plan on going to, and the earlier I can make plans, the better chance I have at getting off work to do so. :)

This is the main reason most people want to see the schedule. I go to two road games a year. Securing hotel rooms in the away cities is a must as soon as the schedule comes out. That and getting plane tickets lined up.

[mmi16]

I don't get why people are so upset that the NFL hasn't released the schedule yet.

For those planning trips to away games - the earlier arrangements are made, generally the cheaper.

I really think the NFL should only have a week by week schedule announce - announce the Week 1 matchups now. During week 1's games announce week 2 parings etc. Yea - that's the ticket

[JustaslowZ06]

Bottom line is they're trying to tweak something that isn't broken. Overthinking. Greedell. It is what it is. Next year it will go back to the usual. Just like the pro bowl being moved. Wish they would move that back to AFTER the SB but looks like that's one failure that's here to stay. Like the London and Thursday night games.

[HoustonRaven]

It's only four days later than last year.

Planning trips are impacted? Bullshit.