This must be some type of negotiating ploy.
B-I-N-G-O...…………..the owners float this and then pull it back as a ploy to show the players union they are willing to "negotiate".
If they go to a 18 game schedule, will they also expand rosters too, ie, add players and raise the salary cap? Since that means they have to spend money, the answer will probably be no.
The exhibition season is a joke; take Brady for example. He sits out game 1, plays a series or two in game 2, plays the first half of game 3, then one series into the third quarter to simulate a real game scenario, then he sits out game 4.
So in 4 games, he plays basically half a game, it's idiotic to begin with, even more idiotic that as a season ticket holder, you are forced into buying two preseason game tickets at full price, you'd be better off lighting that money on fire.
Not to mention every pre season, as a fan you hold your breath and pray no one gets hurt; I remember one year in the last preseason game, the Patriots lost three defensive starters for the season in that game, the teams season ended before it began.
Two years ago the Patriots lost Edelman for the year in a preseason game, which cost them a Super Bowl win.
Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
