Fantasy Football fans may soon be able to add two weeks to their football fun each year.
That is, if the NFL owners get their way.
The owners have given a thumbs up to a proposal to move the regular season from its current 16 games to 18. But the players aren’t quite as gung ho according this article on Yahoo Sports.
One question involves whether the league would drop to two preseason games or keep it at four. While NFL season ticket holders would no doubt be happy not to have to pay for an additional preseason game – which are charged the same full price as regular season games – it would limit the chance for unheralded players to make an impression in hopes of making the team.
It should be interesting to see what becomes of this. With the NFL looking at a potential lockout or strike when the current union contract ends in 2011, this could turn out to be a contentious issue.
There are reasonable arguments on both sides.
What do you think?
Setting his career records for passing, Elway was also the recipient of All-American honors. Drafted #1 overall in 1983 by the Baltimore Colts, Elway was traded to the Broncos. A star athlete, by his second season he set records for passing attempts, completions and yards. It was 1987 when Elway led the Broncos on a 98 yard drive (game tying) in the AFC Championships with the Browns. This moment of the game became NFL history and is referred to as The Drive.
