Thread: More playoff teams expected under new NFL CBA, sources say

Per CBS Sports, the NFL is serious about some teams having nine home games and others having eight, claiming this is not tied at all to international games. The league claims it will be "fair" to all teams so that the home/road split rotates every season (let me guess...Patriots get more home games?).

The only way that would seem to work is if the AFC get the ninth home game in even years and the NFC the ninth home game in odd years or something similar. Any setup where a playoff berth could be affected because one team had more home games than another would be grossly unfair.

J.J. Watt and Richard Sherman have taken to Twitter to voice their displeasure. Some retired players are lobbying for better health care for players who leave the game. The fans (remember them?) are saying "why not fix the awful officiating first and then we can talk about expanding the playoffs?"

So this doesn't appear to be an easy approval by the players despite larger rosters and a higher split of revenue.

Cheatriots will get 9 home games every year and people will talk about how it’s just a scheduling anomaly and that I’m a wacky conspiracy theorist.

Originally Posted by Jaded

Cheatriots will get 9 home games every year and people will talk about how it’s just a scheduling anomaly and that I’m a wacky conspiracy theorist.

No they won't and yes you are.

Originally Posted by BroncoWave

No they won't and yes you are.

Hear me now, believe me later.

#HatersGonHate

Player's union is piss-weak, so they will roll over for anything the NFL owners really want, rather than strike and miss their pay-checks. But, this unbalanced schedule is not a great idea, even though the expansion to 7 teams per conference is a good one. There will be 3 playoff games on the first weekend Saturday, and three on Sunday.

And the only team that gets a bye is the #1 seed. And with Tom Brady leaving the Patriots (probably) that team will not be NE for a change!

18 game season?
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/s...on-per-report/

I don't expect the players.to agree.

Originally Posted by Shazam!

I don't expect the players.to agree.

The guys with the big $30m a year+ contracts like Russell Wilson are against it. But, the guys making league minimum, which is more than 1/2 of all the players in the league, they get more money, which is good for them.

So, the marginal players are all for it. It will pass, since the NFL Players Union is the weakest union in major professional sports. Unlike baseball and basketball, they don't even get guaranteed contracts, and aren't going to get it now either. The players will cave, sooner or later.