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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks throughout a information convention, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New Orleans, forward of the NFL Tremendous Bowl 59 soccer sport between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. (AP Photograph/Matt York)
NEW ORLEANS – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says there’s “a variety of work to be performed” earlier than the NFL presumably expands its season to 18 regular-season video games.
Goodell mentioned Monday at a pre-Tremendous Bowl information convention that the league hasn’t had formal negotiations with the union about including a sport to the season however that he has had casual discussions with NFLPA government director Lloyd Howell Jr.
The NFL added a seventeenth sport and minimize the preseason from 4 video games to a few earlier than the 2021 season and Goodell has indicated an curiosity in finally including one other regular-season sport.
“If we do, 18 and a couple of is perhaps a risk,” he mentioned. “We all know followers love soccer and so they need extra soccer. However we’ve to be extremely delicate and sensible with the steadiness and the way we take care of that.”
Goodell mentioned modifications the league has made by way of gear, and coaching within the offseason and preseason have helped scale back the variety of concussions and different accidents, making including a further sport extra palatable.
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