[Goose]

When I was working and had to make frequent trips on Sunday to the East Coast for meetings, I could never decide whether I preferred flying a red eye or leaving Sunday AM and spending the night in a hotel and staggering out of bed at 3 AM my time so I could be at an 8 AM meeting with some sense of sanity.

For me that is easy. Take the red eye. I sleep real well on airplanes, maybe better than I do in a bed :-). Of course, I have many years of practice doing that. I am not sure this would transfer to physical activity however. Being sharp for a meeting is a lot different than playing football for hours. Unfortunately, I think it is so individual that no team choice can be ideal for all the players. The one thing I can say is do NOT go out two days early. Day three is always the "crash" day for time zone changes. You can get by on adrenaline for two days, but after that your body needs to reset on the new time.

[Goose]

When I was working and had to make frequent trips on Sunday to the East Coast for meetings, I could never decide whether I preferred flying a red eye or leaving Sunday AM and spending the night in a hotel and staggering out of bed at 3 AM my time so I could be at an 8 AM meeting with some sense of sanity.

For me that is easy. Take the red eye. I sleep real well on airplanes, maybe better than I do in a bed :-). Of course, I have many years of practice doing that. I am not sure this would transfer to physical activity however. Being sharp for a meeting is a lot different than playing football for hours. Unfortunately, I think it is so individual that no team choice can be ideal for all the players. The one thing I can say is do NOT go out two days early. Day three is always the "crash" day for time zone changes. You can get by on adrenaline for two days, but after that your body needs to reset on the new time.