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NFL players union leaders against adding 18th game

NFL players oppose adding an 18th regular-season game, with NFLPA President Lloyd Howell stating, "No one wants to play an 18th game".
The NFL cannot add an 18th game without amending the Collective Bargaining Agreement, which runs until 2030.
Lloyd Howell mentioned that several issues must be addressed before negotiations on an 18th game can begin.
The NFLPA awarded Darius Slayton the Alan Page Community Award for his exceptional impact off the field.

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Puck

And on the 18th Game, Goodell Rested

Quaint were the days when the NFL played a 16-game schedule with a monthlong preseason slate. As I’ve been documenting over the past several months, after all, the league seems to be fantasizing out loud about its own expanding manifest destiny—in particular, eliminating yet another preseason game from its schedule to accommodate an 18th regular […] The post And on the 18th Game, Goodell Rested appeared first on Puck.

1 month ago·United States

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BroBible

NFLPA Throws Cold Water On Idea Of 18-Game Regular Season After Roger Goodell Comments

More NFL regular season games? No thank you. At least, that’s the stance of the NFLPA when addressing the issue prior to Super Bowl LIX. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that any talk of expanding the regular season from 17 to 18 games would need to wait until the current CBA expires in 2013. Now we know why. NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell fervently shot down the idea of an extra game when speaking with members of the media on W…

NFLPA bluntly addresses potential schedule expansion: ‘No one wants to play an 18th game’

Just a little over three years after the NFL instituted a 17-game regular season schedule, there's been plenty of talk about adding an 18th game. Executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. told reporters on Wednesday from New Orleans that the stance of the players is quite different, and that they don't prefer adding more game action to the regular season.

1 month ago·New York, United States

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Chicago Sun Times

NFLPA doesn't want 18-game regular season

NEW ORLEANS — NFL players don’t want the NFL to add an 18th regular-season game to its schedule.“When I have talked to players over the last two seasons, no one wants to play an 18th game — no one,” NFLPA president Lloyd Howell said Wednesday. “Seventeen is already, for many of the guys, too long.”Commissioner Roger Goodell, however, continues to float the idea of playing 18 regular-season games and two preseason games. He did it again Monday wh…

1 month ago·Chicago, United States

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ESPN

NFLPA stance: 'No one' wants to play 18 games

NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. pushed back against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's recent statement that safety data favors expanding the regular season.

1 month ago·United States

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UPI

NFL players union leaders against adding 18th game

The majority of NFL players are against playing an 18-game regular-season schedule, NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell told reporters Wednesday in New Orleans.

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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