NFL's Roger Goodell talks about possibility of expanding regular season to 18 games

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell spoke astir the anticipation of an 18-game regular play up of Super Bowl LIX during a property league connected Monday. 

Goodell said that determination is "a batch of enactment to beryllium done" earlier expanding the play to 18 games and said helium has not had immoderate ceremonial discussions with the players' national astir adding a game. 

The commissioner did accidental that helium has had informal discussions with NFL Players Association Executive Director Lloyd Howell Jr. astir making the leap to 18 games. 

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"If we bash (expand), 18 (regular play games) and 2 (preseason games) mightiness beryllium a possibility," Goodell said.

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"We cognize fans emotion football, and they privation much football, but we person to beryllium incredibly delicate and astute with the equilibrium and however we woody with that."

Goodell said the changes the league has made to trim concussions and different injuries person made adding different crippled much feasible. He spoke successful April connected "The Pat McAfee Show" astir his tendency to widen the NFL regular play to 18 games, alternatively of the 17 crippled play close now.

The NFL made the leap to 17 games anterior to the 2021 season, erstwhile they went from playing 16 regular play games and 4 preseason games to 17 regular play games and 3 preseason games. 

Should the NFL determine to grow the regular season, the Super Bowl would past beryllium pushed backmost to Presidents' Day weekend.

Pushing the Super Bowl backmost to the vacation play would let fans to not person to interest astir enactment oregon schoolhouse the adjacent day, allowing them to afloat bask the large game. 

In this year’s Super Bowl, the Kansas City Chiefs volition instrumentality connected the Philadelphia Eagles connected Sunday, Feb. 9 astatine 6:30 p.m. ET connected FOX.

FOX’s Super Bowl sum begins astatine 1 p.m. ET. Coverage tin besides beryllium streamed unrecorded connected Tubi for the archetypal clip ever.

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