NFL players' union interim boss David White says players have 'no appetite' for an 18-game season

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Don’t add to the NFL's regular season as well as provide well-maintained natural grass surfaces for players.

That was a main message from the NFL Players Association to the league.

“Our members have no appetite for an 18th game in the regular season,” NFLPA interim executive director David White said Tuesday at the union’s annual news conference ahead of the Super Bowl. “You heard that last year when the executive committee was up here, and they were talking about what happens to their bodies when they’re with their families, when they’re with their kids. They were very open and candid about that. It’s punishing, and we can see that on the teams that have deep postseason runs.”

White pointed out that several teams had significant injuries in mid-December: Patrick Mahomes and Micah Parsons tore ACLs in Week 15.

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1. How much abuse can the human body endure and survive?

What are they thinking?

[Xavier Breath]

2. A 14 regular-season/six pre-season split was ridiculous back in the day.

It took decades but they've now cut those six games in half. That's a good balance, I think.

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3. It's all about the benjamins.

A few more games means more money for the owners.
I clearly remember when basketball, baseball and football had their own distinct seasons. Baseball would have a few preseason games in late April, be up and in full swing by may, world series done by midseptember. Football would do their preseason the end of August, or beginning of September with a week or two overlap as baseball was wrapping up, be in full swing by the end of September, and super bowl was done by the end of January. Basketball was in those few months between January and April, and done by the time baseball was gearing up.
Now? Baseball stretches out from March to October, Football seems to go from July until February, and Basketball seems to be all year round.
And the ticket prices! yikes!

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4. I can't remember the World Series ever being in September

Let alone ending by mid Sept. Even before the 162 game schedule. Is that true? I can’t speak to pre-1960s. And even then.

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6. Only in 1918 because of WWI. The season ended early, and the Series began on September 5, and was over on the 11th.

Traditionally, during the 154 game season, the regular season began in mid April, and ended on the last weekend in September or the first couple of days in October, depending on how the calendar was situated. When the 162 game season came in, the season start was pushed up to early April, but ended at the same time as always.

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5. There's an attorney here in town

who played in the NFL for eight years. He told me that at the end of his career, he was thirty years old but felt like he was going on eighty.