NFL CBA Negotiations

TheWinman · Feb 7, 2020

BEARZOMBIE said:
So what would happen with the season with an extra game? Reduce the preseason to two games then add one game and add another bye week? Losing those preseason games going to hurt under the radar players

2 preseason games and the extra regular-season game would be played out of the country.

botfly10 · Feb 7, 2020

Kaufman20Embalm said:
If they do add an extra game I would like to see them expand the game day roster to the full 53 as well. I never really understood the reason by having inactive players. If you have them on your roster they should be able to play.

pay rate is different when players are activated.

iueyedoc · Feb 7, 2020

Alpha Male said:
I don't like extending the season. We are messing with the single season records as well as the all time records. And we are already saturated with so much football. I remember the ratings where down couple years ago because of that. One of the thing i like about the nfl is the season is compact. It used to be all finished in january. Now the super bowl extends into february because of the week wait. I think we may see a time where catchers and pitchers will report before the football season is even over.

Records are meaningless for comparison of players. Joe Montanas best season in yards passing would have ranked 13th last season his career passer rating of 92.3 would have ranked him 14th between Wentz and Matt Ryan. Not only that but in 1977 there were only 14 games , 12 in 1960 and 10 in 1945, so that statistical season comparisons have long been moot.

Gustavus Adolphus · Feb 7, 2020

Just make the NFL year round. 48 games and 4 bye weeks.

Alpha Male · Feb 7, 2020

Gustavus Adolphus said:
Just make the NFL year round. 48 games and 4 bye weeks.

Just make it like the mlb. 162 game season. That should make the owners more money.

gallagher · Feb 8, 2020

Alpha Male said:
Players care about records. Im sure oj didn't like it when his record got broken because of the move from 14 to 16 games. Fans may not care but players probably do.

Well you said that it was a reason that you didn't want to increase the regular season, so I'd like to know why you feel that point should affect the decision.

If you want to keep the season at 16 games because of how players of the past feel, then I don't think that's a very good reason at all.