jeanpierre

jeanpierre

I'd like to point out one other thing - there's no way this is stopping at seventeen (17) games...

That would leave half the teams at a -1 differential of home and away games; teams, and players, will start crying foul to even it out at 18 games...

The only other fair option is that every team will play a abroad game in Britain, Mexico, Canada, et cetera?

Why is 18 significant?

First, it will ensure that every team has as many home games as away games...

Second, same division teams should finally face common opponents...

There will be six division games of a home and away series; that leaves twelve games where four games vs three common divisions could be played...

Only issue at that point is that teams will face two common conference foes vs one common interconference foe for playoff tiebreaker purposes...

However the cynic in me says Goodell, more likely will not this option and will instead use it to stack tougher opponents against the less desirable teams the NFL offices want for the playoffs...

It's not that my way is the right way, I just make the right way my way...

RaginCajun83

i just find it funny how 8 years ago the league crippled the Saints in the name of player safety and now they are going to add another game to the regular season and playoffs ..... money talks

jeanpierre

AsylumGuido

I just heard on NFL Radio that the proposal has been passed on to general membership for a final vote and it is virtually a certainty that the players will vote to accept the proposal.

jeanpierre

AsylumGuido

Sounds like one of the vocal few (Sherman/Watt) trying to cause ****. The report that I just relayed said the committee had in fact endorsed the proposal now.

AsylumGuido

There was a vote last night by the 32 team reps and they voted 17-14 with one abstention to pass it on to the general membership. It only takes 50% plus one vote to pass.

AsylumGuido

The $250K cap on the 17th game was eliminated from the proposal. Now it will be 17th of the total as would be expected. That was only going to affect less than 200 players, anyway.

jeanpierre