NFL bends schedule to special interests (to avoid God’s wrath)

As the NFL fashions its 256-game schedule, it will check in with the powers-that-be, the owners, for their preferences. But they’ll also listen to higher powers as well. Peter King of Sports Illustrated, explaining the sausage-making process of the NFL schedule, illustrated the way lobbying is definitely kosher. Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput sent a letter…