Tirade - Football

It's taken me a long time to appreciate American Football (It took me one game to realise I hated the English style!)  But can someone tell me why we have to start the season - well pre-season - in August.  Then we have dozens of games every Sunday, several more later in the week and it all comes to an end in January.  Then we have the appalling prospect of basketball for months until the pre-season of baseball begins and Dodger fans can begin to dream again.  (Normally those dreams are turned to nightmares quite early, of course!) It's not that football players play basketball so why the rush?  Could I make a suggestion.  Lets start the season in late September, then if the weather is too bad to play in the north, then let's make two divisions, north and south or those with covered stadiums and those not.  Then we could also limit the number of games that come on each day.  That way we get a longer season.  This stuff is not hard to figure out. Come on People!