It has been just some years for the reason that NFL shifted to a 17-game common season schedule over the course of 18 weeks.
Now that the league has adjusted, the push to broaden to an 18-game schedule has been a sizzling matter this offseason.
New York Giants co-owner John Mara was requested in regards to the league probably extending the schedule on the NFL house owners’ conferences on Wednesday and admitted he wasn’t too loopy in regards to the thought.
Nevertheless, Mara acknowledged, he could also be within the minority.
“I can’t say I’m essentially loopy about extending the season,” Mara stated, through ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. “I fear extra about participant fatigue and put on and tear on the gamers transferring ahead. That’s one of many the reason why we’ve to have the dialogue with (the gamers union).”
Clearly, from a enterprise perspective, the prolonged schedule would carry in additional income for each the groups and the league.
With the Giants being one of many extra injured groups within the NFL over the previous couple of years, maybe that’s why Mara feels strongly in regards to the negatives that might include an 18-game schedule.
It’s unclear if the season would begin per week earlier, trimming the preseason down to 2 weeks, or if the season can be prolonged by one week.
If it’s the latter and the NFL doesn’t get rid of the week off for the Professional Bowl earlier than the Tremendous Bowl, it could push the Tremendous Bowl to President’s Day weekend, permitting followers to get pleasure from a time off following The Huge Sport.
With the traction this matter has gained this offseason, it isn’t out of the realm of risk that this might be voted on subsequent offseason and start through the 2026 season.
