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3 Reasons the NFL should not expand to 18-game schedule

By Colton Pickard

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 05: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Executive Vice President Charlotte Jones Anderson visit with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before the game between the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round at AT&T Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 05: Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Executive Vice President Charlotte Jones Anderson visit with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell before the game between the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card Round at AT&T Stadium on January 05, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /
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ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 30: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference during Super Bowl LIII Week at the NFL Media Center inside the Georgia World Congress Center on January 30, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 30: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during a press conference during Super Bowl LIII Week at the NFL Media Center inside the Georgia World Congress Center on January 30, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Mike Zarrilli/Getty Images) /

Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft led a meeting with team owners discussing the NFL schedule to 18 games, but that would be a horrible decision.

The idea of extending the NFL season has been talked about a lot recently by fans, radio hosts and TV personalities for quite some time. But it looks like the owners are catching word of it and they like the idea. Arguably the two most powerful owners in the NFL are leading the charge to extend the schedule to 18 games with each player only being allowed to play a maximum of 16 games.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft are leading the charge to add two extra weeks to the schedule, proposing the idea at a recent meeting, and it’s clear why. The two billionaire bosses want to make more money and don’t see the negatives hiding behind the green.

There are plenty of reasons why this is a terrible decision, but three major ones deserve more focus than others.

NFL Players Association president Eric Winston also voiced his concerns with the extended schedule. He told Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal that the new schedule would be ignoring all of the player’s concerns and messing with their contracts.

Winston brings up a good point and, if the players are going to be in pads for two extra weeks and the coaches are going to be on the sidelines for two more weeks, then they should get paid more. If the owners are going to make more money, why can’t the players make a little more money too?

Beyond that, however, let’s get into why schedule shouldn’t change — starting with fantasy football.

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