The Schedule Release Scam: Trading NFL Logic for Soccer Rules (Feat. Ethan Strauss)

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlark Media

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4.7 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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The 2026 NFL schedule is here, and it's time to admit it: this is a total scam. We knew the games months ago, and "strength of schedule" is just a guess based on a season that’s already over. Yet, here we are, reading every headline just to plan our November. If we’re going to waste our time on nonsense, let’s at least make it interesting nonsense. Let's stop the schedule-shuffling and start a much weirder conversation: What if American football played by soccer’s rules? Plus, Ethan Strauss of House of Strauss stops by to give his thoughts on storylines and why we think the way we do. Don't miss it. AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Gino Fuentes: https://x.com/Gino_Fuentes Mike Fuentes: https://x.com/mikefountains Host: Dave Dameshek Guest: Ethan Strauss Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Ethan Bedowsky Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Soup Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.3	Yeah, I know it was released already in January.
1:03.5	But now it's been done in a two-hour primetime special,
1:07.2	up and down your television dial.
1:10.0	And yeah, they already told us all the big primetime games and the holiday games,
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