Yeah I probably should have rephrased it to playing regular season games well into January with more bye weeks or “flex weeks” built in.A longer season is far different than the NFL adding 2 more games to the schedule for each team. If it's still 16 games per team, spread out over 19 weeks instead of 17, doesn't everyone make more money despite the fact that each team still plays the same number of games they always have?
But you might be right that it's the NFLPA not lovin' this for some reason that I cannot think of.
I agree it seems like a mild concession for more flexibility (and player safety) but who knows. That’s why I was wondering out loud whether maybe it was the union pushing back on the idea of regular season football well into January and playoff football well into February because it doesn’t make sense for TV and the NFL to be rigid about it. Most of us agree it likely makes them more money.