Longer Season.. what does it offer other than more revenue?

I think another 3-6 hours for guys 6'6" and 300 LBs is actually not insignificant.


Don't those guys ride in First or business class. I do not know I am just asking. I figured that they did or do.

But aren't tickets to the preseason games priced the same as regular season games?

Yeah but they are also attended at best 50%. I'd guess The take of a regular season game is on the order of 3X that of even an interesting preseason game. And that probably means millions for a team like the Skins/Cowboys/Pats.

Now, I could see them adding two games and adding an additional bye week, thus extending the season that much longer. We could get nearly an extra month of NFL in; I could deal with that.

it offers more injuries, more bad games at the end of a season for all the teams that are eliminated, and less importance of each individual game.

I would think any games in august would have to be night games to avoid the heat...so you'd probably see Thursday night football for a couple weeks...
The problem is...they want revenue...and the best way to do that is with a thursday sun, monday night and 2 sunday day games.
I just wouldn't want to get screwed with 100 degree games or having a Monday night game followed by a Thurs night game.

I could see 7 games sat night, 8 games sun night and 1 monday night...but thats only 3 game slots vs the normal 4 (3 sun, 1 mon) unless they can schedule a sunday day game up north or in domes or something.

18 weeks would be grueling on RB's..
typically star RB's dont really play much in preseason, nor do star WR's QB's.
More depth would certainly be needed there.

The position that would be hurt the most is QB.
Developing a rookie QB requires a ton of reps and with 4 qbs on the roster, they have to share time...if they do this I could see a lot more old QB's on rosters for a long time...and if they are on the roster, rookies will never get in during the regular season unless there are 2 injuries (rare). I really don't think this will hurt the linemen...they play a lot in preseason.
Special teams will suck though...especially the first 2 games...I see a ton of records being broken on returns because those teams will be filled with rookies that have never played teams...and those teams change a ton year by year.

it offers more injuries, more bad games at the end of a season for all the teams that are eliminated, and less importance of each individual game.

I agree.
This is a terrible idea & we may be at a critical junction for the nfl if this happens. IMO it would mark the beginning of the downturn of the league as the most popular. It's happened to all pro sports before, they can't stay on top forever.

This goes against the best advantage the nfl has over other pro sports; virtually all of its games matter. Not only that, division titles matter. With 18 games, health w/matter. I see more games w/stars sitting out on the horizon.

Well the record books will get rewritten completely.

That was my first thought. Adding games will mess with the record books.

I like having only 16 games. Each game means something. There are no unimportant games on the schedule.

More football......I F'ING LOVE IT...
Everyone stop with this injury bullshit. Its just one or two (at most) games more. It's not like were adding a dozen more games. As for the record books....WHO GIVES A F*@K
I like it. I don't understand why anybody wouldn't want more of what they love. Cut the pre-season in half and get on with the season.

i think it would help separate the good/bad/ugly

It's going to happen. The league owners just incorporated several safety rule changes in their meetings, and they are pushing for more generated revenues (tickets, media contracts, etc. ) to help cover player's increasing salaries. Their concerns are business ended, and they view the players as conpensated well enough to justify longer seasons. If the players are to get paid then they have to produce.