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Originally Posted by transplant99
5 games in 27 days is a huge ask of any football player. Yeah they get rest before and after, but i would expect a lot of attrition those couple weeks before the late break.
If the club hosts the West final, they will have played 2 games in the 36 days leading up to it as well.
I mean its great they are back, that part was imperative for any chance at long term survival, but the league has to be concerned with player health coming off not playing for 2 years.
Maybe its similar for other teams, i havent looked, it just seems so off-balance looking at the Stamps sked.
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5 in 27 is a lot, but I don't think you can just ignore the rest days before and after; it would be like saying they only play 3 games in 25 days during that span. Technically true, but it doesn't tell the whole story.
More importantly, I don't think it's unusual to play five straight weeks of football -- I'm pretty sure it happens every year in an 18 game season. NCAA and NFL as well. For example, in 2019, the Stamps had a week two bye followed by 8 straight weeks of games. That included the first 5 in a 27 day span from week 3 to week 7. So i don't think its any more condensed (or otherwise unbalanced) this year than it normally is.
https://www.stampeders.com/2018/12/2...2019-schedule/