ARLINGTON, TX – AUGUST 19: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys during a preseason game against the Miami Dolphins at AT&T Stadium on August 19, 2016 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

The NFL Preseason is a necessary evil. Nobody is happy with it and yet it still exists in its present form. But what if there was something we could do about it?

The past weekend’s third preseason game is traditionally the “highlight” of NFL action in August because it’s the closest thing to a real dress rehearsal for teams.  It’s when you’ll see starters play the most with the highest intensity. But even then, it’s not really anywhere close to what you would get for a full regular season game.

Fans should be irate that they have to pay full price for games. Even an article on NFL.com, NFL DOT COM, has this to say about the joys of paying to watch your favorite players wear baseball caps and stand on the sidelines a lot:

The biggest scam in sports has to be season-ticket holders being forced to pay full price for two preseason tilts.

Biggest scam in sports!!! There’s a lot of competition out there for that title, but paying full price for preseason games certainly deserves to be in the conversation.

So fans lose. Lots of players lose too. Just count the huge injuries that take place during the preseason and the number of players that miss significant time, or even an entire campaign, because of a serious injury in a game that doesn’t count.

The league obviously doesn’t hold preseason games in great regard, given the cancellation of the Hall of Fame Game and the push to expand the regular season. This is how NFLPA director George Atallah reacted to the latest idea to add a regular season game instead of a preseason game and take every team overseas.

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