Regular Season Game 17...

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NFL Pro Bowlers cite safety issues as deterrent to 17th regular-season game

ORLANDO, Fla. -- If the players participating in the Pro Bowl are a true representation of the rest of the league, NFL owners are going to have a fight on their hands during negotiations to potentially add a 17th regular-season game to a new collective bargaining agreement.
Only a few of the players polled at Pro Bowl practices at ESPN's Wide World of Sports this week were receptive to the idea of a 17th game, with most against the idea because of safety concerns.
Defensive end Calais Campbell, the Jacksonville Jaguars' union rep, said he's talked to a lot of players over the past several months and his feeling is that the 17th game could be the biggest sticking point in CBA negotiations and it's going to take a lot of haggling to make it work.
The current collective bargaining agreement between NFL players and owners expires after the 2020 season.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2856...eason-game

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More $$$ and an extra bye week will push this through...that, and cutting the preseason to 3 games...

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@"BarrNone55" said:
More $$$ and an extra bye week will push this through...that, and cutting the preseason to 3 games...

Expanded rosters...

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@purplefaithful said:

@"BarrNone55" said:
More $$$ and an extra bye week will push this through...that, and cutting the preseason to 3 games...

Expanded rosters...

if they arent going to get a minor league system for developmental players then the league needs to implement a developmental squad.  Players that willingly accept a developmental contract with a team that can be protected from being poached by other teams.   push the rosters to 60 players and give teams a chance to protect some of their investments by paying them a little more than an unprotected practice squad guy with the understanding that the team gets their rights uncontested for 3 years or what ever.  or maybe make it so that if the team calls them up to a game day active status that they then cant be protected if they are sent back to the PS?  some way for teams to protect their projects would be nice though.

I would also like to see teams be able to carry a few more game day actives,  this could lead to less guys playing through injuries as well as spreading the risk by cutting down the number of snaps for some players.