Goodell wants 18 regular season games, eliminate 1 preseason game

[Mizak]

NFL players speak on the 18-game schedule: What stands in the way of an agreement?

The commissioner has advocated for an expanded schedule and a holiday weekend Super Bowl. NFL players have thoughts.

www.espn.com

 

[sutz]

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'm likely in the minority but bring it on. I'll take 18 games that matter.

 

[NoGain]

NFL players speak on the 18-game schedule: What stands in the way of an agreement?

The commissioner has advocated for an expanded schedule and a holiday weekend Super Bowl. NFL players have thoughts.

www.espn.com

Did anyone seriously think we weren't heading to an eighteen game season after the move to seventeen?

 

[James in PA]

Total money grab. But Im all for replacing a meaningless game with one that counts. Could water down the product even more though with increased injuries.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Did anyone seriously think we weren't heading to an eighteen game season after the move to seventeen?

I doubt many did. This has been a foregone conclusion for a long while. I'm happy with it. More regular season games, 9 home games every year. Bring it on.

The players union will be fighting it. Or at the minimum, be trying to expand the rosters and/or crank up the salary cap. And it would be justified.

 

[renofox]

I doubt many did. This has been a foregone conclusion for a long while. I'm happy with it. More regular season games, 9 home games every year. Bring it on.

The players union will be fighting it. Or at the minimum, be trying to expand the rosters and/or crank up the salary cap. And it would be justified.

The 53 man roster is idiotic. Should be 60-70. NFLPA would be against it because the guys making $20M/yr would probably be reduced to poverty level wages of only $18M/yr. How will they feed their families?

 

[Maulbert]

18 with 2 byes. Each bye has to have at least 6 games between them.

 

[fenderbender123]

Why can't pro leagues just leave things the way they are for 5 or 10 years? Every year they just have to implement a bunch of new shit.

It's like we as a society don't value consistency anymore, which is likely a sign that the human race is on its way to extinction.

 

[12AngryHawks]

I'm likely in the minority but bring it on. I'll take 18 games that matter.

I'll take having an equal amount of home & away games.

 

[James in PA]

Thank goodness. Now Jerry Jones can afford his 22nd vacation home.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Exactly what I said above. Bring it on.

 

[HawkoTuesday]

Well, I don't see many owners turning down an opportunity to make another week of millions. Perhaps an extra bye week and moving up Thursday Night football to Friday could be a somewhat decent compromise towards player health.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Well, 18 regular season games is......more football for us. Cool.

 

[James in PA]

I'd like to hear Richard Sherman's hot take on this topic.

 

[BirdsCommaAngry]

16 was fine.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I'd like to hear Richard Sherman's hot take on this topic.

I'd rather have my gums scraped than listen to pretty much anything he has to say these days.

 

[chris98251]

So 8 games home and away in the states and 2 over seas games each, it's coming they are pushing this over seas stuff pretty hard.

 

[jeremiah]

Total money grab. But Im all for replacing a meaningless game with one that counts. Could water down the product even more though with increased injuries.

May as well start the season in July, give every team the same break with an off week, after 9 weeks??? then finish the season before New years. Super Bowl may as well be on Dec 31 or Jan 2nd. Not a perfect proposal, but why waste summertime weather with nothing going on? Baseball is BOOOOOOooring and slow. Let Football reign. All the players should be fresh for the final weeks.

 

[Bobblehead]

I wouldn't mind the 14 game season back.