18-game season for NFL dead issue
Two major issues, one that resembled a speeding locomotive and the other a possible train wreck, have disappeared from the agenda of the annual NFL meetings that will convene Sunday in Palm Beach, Fla.
The labor issues and lockout of the players that dominated the NFL this time last year were put to bed for a decade with the new collective bargaining agreement reached in July -- losing only the preseason game in Canton. And thoughts of an 18-game schedule, a pet project of commissioner Roger Goodell that seemed to be an inevitability not long ago, virtually has expired.
"I would say it's a dead issue for now," Steelers president Art Rooney II said in a telephone interview Friday. "I haven't heard anything about it. I don't know if it will come up in the future, but it's certainly not on the agenda for this meeting."
Goodell, no doubt at the behest of owners looking to maximize income, pushed hard for the addition of two games to the regular-season schedule and reduce the preseason by two games. The idea grew legs quickly and appeared to be a fait accompli.
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Good, I'm glad its a dead issue. There is no need for an eighteen game season, especially if the NFL is increasing player safety.