Owners Also Talking About Adding 17th Regular Season Game

FanHouse found this 5/20/2008 on blog.washingtonpost.com [flag]

ATLANTA--NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell just conducted a news conference and said the owners voted to exercise the reopener clause in the labor deal because it was clear to them that the agreement wasn't working and they saw no need to wait until closer to the November deadline. Goodell said the league is hopeful of striking a new deal with the union without a work stoppage. Goodell said the owners also will discuss at today's...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. [link]

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Owners Will Discuss Adding a 17th Regular Season NFL Game
Published 5/20/2008 by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse
... Additionally, the owners also have plans to discuss the possibility of adding an additional regular season game to the schedule, an idea that's been floating around for a few years now. From the Washington Post's Mark Maske: ...

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