
In basketball, the regular season game by game, already matters less. In football, due to the aggressive toll it takes on someone’s body. You get a much smaller regular season, and each game you have to win in order to make it worth while, you’re truly seeing team give it their all. More football simply makes it all mean less, why not rest your starters before your rivalry game? You’ll see them in the playoffs anyway? Who cares about a conference championships? You went 9-3! Congrats!