Why is the Super Bowl delayed 2022?

The 2021-22 NFL season is the first time every team played 17 regular-season matchups. The entire regular season ran 18 weeks with each franchise getting one bye week, which is the reason this year’s Super Bowl is being played so late.

How long is the Super Bowl on a delay?

In an era with Twitter, group chats and phone push notifications, a 40-second streaming delay can lead to spoilers of big plays. And with the increase in legalized sports gambling, it could also ruin the experience of trying to bet on the action.

Why is the Super Bowl so late on Sunday?

The Super Bowl has been played on Sunday since its inception in 1967 and the vast majority of NFL games are played on Sunday. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell defends the league’s Super Bowl date by saying that Sunday draws a bigger TV audience than Saturday.

Why is Super Bowl date so late?

Why is the Super Bowl so late in 2022? Because the NFL added a new 17th game to the season, there’s now a week 18 that pushes all of the playoffs back a week, and this will be the way it is going forward.