Friday, we wondered what the next move of NFL owners would be if players vote down the current proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement, as veterans like Kenny Stills are suggesting they should do. At least in the case of a percentage of NFL owners, we have an answer.
According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, some NFL owners hope that players to vote down the current CBA proposal that league owners passed late last month. One of the reasons is that while the current deal would include a move from 16 to 17 games, some of the league owners believe that the CBA should include a move to 18 regular season games.
The NFL has had 16 regular season games since the start of the 1978 season. Even though some players have been vocal in their opposition to expanding the regular season, adding at least one game to the regular season in the next CBA appears like a formality at this stage. The NFLPA may be forced to dig their heels in if owners insist on adding two additional regular season games, however.
It checks out that owners would like to add two regular season games - and move to a two-week preseason - in their perfect world. It's possible, though, that this information is being made public to put pressure on players to agree to the current CBA proposal, which would at least guarantee one additional regular season game every season.
It's tough to tell whether the NFLPA will pass the CBA proposal in its current form. The NFLPA player representatives passed this proposal onto a full union vote, but did so with just 17 votes, the minimum amount possible. NFLPA members have to cast votes by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, and will need 50 percent plus one of votes to ratify the new CBA.
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