COVID-19.

That was the defining mark of this seventh year of Breakfast League competition - not the first year of Alex Annan's playoff expansion proposal, nor the entrance of new member Daren Lincourt, but a worldwide pandemic that threw everything into doubt.

The good news was, the season carried on and finished in full. Not a single game was cancelled. The bad news? Players stepped out with COVID-19 for extended amounts of time, and no fans were allowed. So, the League made the decision mid-season to cancel all payouts, hold dues, and play just for bragging rights.

But wait! There's more! The February following the 2019 season, the NFL announced that the season would expand by one game, making the regular season 17 weeks. This would begin in the 2021 season.

The Holiest of Days, DRAFT DAY, was once again on Labor Day. Many drafted online; however, a few gathered at the house where it all began in 2014 to draft in person. Kenneth Pancake won re-election to the seat of Commissioner against Kaelan Carlson by a vote of 6-3. The first pick (held by Dan Jackson) was Christian McCaffery, who suffered an early injury in the season and was held out for the remainder of the season (however, Dan showed remarkable fortitude and continued a noble campaign for the playoffs). Likewise, RJ Dechow's selection of Saquon Barkley with the second pick (an equally sound selection) was also destroyed by injury. Only one wide receiver was drafted in the first round, and 11 running backs were picked.

Pancake and Dechow were quickly eliminated from contention by presenting the tied 7th-worst season records in League history (largely due to injuries; in fact, Pancake's first two picks played less than 16 games combined in the League's season. Kmiecik also fell quickly, as the remaining nine members took it to the wire to determine who would play in the six-team playoff. It was the six likeliest that made it, and with that the first six-team playoff began.

It took newcomer Daren Lincourt five wins in his last seven regular season games to get to the playoffs, only to lose to friend Dan Jackson in the quarterfinals. Ethan Maas took his second win in a row against Alex Annan to move to the semis as well. From there, Dan Jackson's season began to show its extraordinary survivability; despite losing the first pick in the draft to injury, he beat Brandon Gaede to move to the final against Al Ohlinger, who would beat Ethan Maas. In a battle between the #1 seed (Ohlinger) and the #6 seed (Jackson), Ohlinger finally claimed his first Breakfast League title by a ten-point margin.

That season would end the 'expansion era' of the League. Big changes were coming that would launch the League into a new future. At a special post-season Rules Committee Meeting (that change would become permanent), Kenneth Pancake announced that he would not run for re-election as Commissioner of the Breakfast League. This was huge news - the founder and five-times-elected Commissioner was leaving the top spot. In a post still accessible on the website, Pancake attributed the move to a few reasons: 1. He desired to leave the League in the League's hands, so that there was more ownership and more enjoyment. 2. His political career was taking off. 3. He needed more focus in order to solve the ever-growing issue of Kaelan's win-loss record against his teams over the years.

So, it was Al Ohlinger that ran and was elected as the second Commissioner of the Breakfast League. Kenneth did join the ticket as his running mate, so as to help the transition. And that wasn't even the most impactful change passed at this RCM: Three-time champion Kaelan Carlson put forward a proposal, half in jest, to put all settings changes solely at the discretion of the Commissioner (the purpose was to lessen the burden of policy change votes in the League). All Constitutional issues would still require a vote of the RCM, as would Commissioner elections. The resolution passed, giving new Commissioner Al Ohlinger the ost power a Commissioner had ever had in the League.