[MEbenhoe]

I can only imagine how hard a 162 game season is on the body. My main experience competitively comes in track and field, and speaking from that perspective in track as a team we generally had 1 meet per week, and even then people were given meets off. Meets off were given for different reasons, whether it be to help heal an injury, just to give rest, or to aid in peaking for the championship season, but what I get from it is that if meets off are needed with just 1 meet per week, during a 162 game season, bodies will wear down, injuries are going to happen, and games off are going to be needed. Because the luck, endurance, athleticism, and preparedness to last through a 162 game season without a day off must be enormous.