ARIZONA CARDINALS

Report: Cardinals, others propose limit on early NFL start times

Mar 20, 2018, 1:27 PM | Updated: Mar 22, 2018, 3:47 pm

(AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)...

(AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

(AP Photo/Rick Osentoski, File)

The Arizona Cardinals are one team proposing a rule change that would limit how many times West Coast NFL teams can be scheduled for an early kickoff.

Arizona, the Los Angeles Chargers and San Francisco 49ers jointly wrote a scheduling bylaw that would be voted on for approval next week at the NFL league meetings in Orlando.

According to MMQB reporter Albert Breer, the proposed change suggests that “no team will be scheduled to play more than three away games with a scheduled kickoff time prior to 1:00 p.m. in the time zone of their home stadium (w/o consent).”

The Cardinals played four games that began at 10 a.m. last season and two more that began at 11 a.m. — the 11 a.m. games happened due to the daylight savings change. If the ruled proposal passes, scheduling a team that’s not in the Eastern Time zone for six early games would not be allowed.

Of course, the schedule rule change passing would complicate things considering the NFL has two general playing time slots for Sunday games. Additionally, any games scheduled in Europe would need to be in the early time slot on the West Coast due to the time difference.

In addition to that proposed rule change, the NFL meetings from Sunday through Wednesday will also include votes on the following:

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