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Article: Bears: '86 schedule stinks // Road trips after Monday night games irksome
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 3, 1986
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Moments after the NFL released its 1986 schedule yesterday,
the world champion Bears were releasing steam.
The Bears were unhappy because they must go on the road the
Sunday after all three of their scheduled Monday Night Football
appearances.
"League-imposed parity," sniffed Bear defensive lineman Dan
Hampton. "It stinks."
Two Monday games (Green Bay Sept. 22 and Detroit Dec. 15) are
road games. The Bears' home Monday nighter features the Los Angeles
Rams Nov. 3 in a rematch of last season's NFC championship
game.
NFL coaches despise the logistics of taking a team on the road
the Sunday after a Monday night game on the road. Last year the NFL
scheduled only three teams - Green ...