The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke of the possibility of a regular 18 game season before the Super Bowl Lix at a press conference on Monday.
Goodell said there was “a lot of work to do” before extending the season to 18 games and said he had no official discussion with the players’ union to add a match.
The commissioner said he had informal discussions with the Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, Lloyd Howell Jr., to go to 18 games.
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The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference before the Super Bowl Lix at Caesars Superdome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
“If we do it (develop), 18 (regular season games) and two (pre-season games) could be a possibility,” said Goodell.
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The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, poses with the Vince Lombardi trophy and the headsets of ChidaLphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs at a press conference before the Super Bowl Lix at Caesars Superdome. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
“We know that fans like football, and they want more football, but we have to be incredibly sensitive and intelligent with balance and how we treat this.”
GOODELL said the changes that the league had made to reduce concussion and other injuries made it possible to add another game. He spoke in April on “The Pat McAfee Show” of his desire to prolong the regular NFL season at 18 games, instead of the 17 game season right now.
The NFL made the jump to 17 games before the 2021 season, when they went from 16 regular season games and four pre-season games at 17 regular season games and three pre-season games.
If the NFL decided to expand the regular season, the Super Bowl would then be pushed back to the weekend of the presidents.
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Pushing the Super Bowl to the holiday weekend would allow fans not to have to worry about work or school the next day, allowing them to take full advantage of the big game.
In this year’s Super Bowl, Kansas City’s Chiefs will face the Eagles of Philadelphia on Sunday, February 9 at 6.30 pm He on Fox.
Fox Super Bowl cover starts at 1 p.m. HE. The cover can also be broadcast live on Tubi for the first time.
