49ers’ Shanahan Blasts NFL’s ‘Nightmare’ Australia Game—NFL Breaks 70-Year Tradition

The podium microphone was still hot at the NFL owners’ meetings in Phoenix on March 31, 2026, when Kyle Shanahan decided he’d had enough diplomacy. The 49ers’ head coach stood in front of the league’s most powerful executives and did something coaches almost never do: he publicly torched the NFL’s scheduling decisions.

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