NEW YORK -- Commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL no longer needs four preseason games, but the league should change its offseason training programs.
"It's clear the fans don't want four preseason games," Goodell said Thursday after speaking to high school players at an NFL football clinic in Queens. "It's clear the players don't want four preseason games. They tell me that all the time. You ask them that question and they'll tell you. And we really don't need it to make the game better. So we have to evolve just as we did a couple of decades ago when we went from six preseason games to four."
“
It's clear the fans don't want four preseason games. It's clear the players don't want four preseason games. They tell me that all the time.
”
-- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell
NFL and union officials discussed adding two games to the regular season when they met Wednesday for their first negotiating session since February. Teams would still play a total of 20 games under the proposal. The league would go from four in the preseason and 16 in the regular season to two and 18.
Players have expressed concerns about an increase in injuries. Goodell suggested adjustments in the offseason programs could alleviate that.
"I think you do have to make changes," he said. "We've been very open about that from Day One. I think we have to do it regardless."
Players don't have much of a true offseason these days when they can rest and take a break from football. While certain workouts are technically voluntary, they may not feel that way.
"Obviously there's a lot of pressure from teammates and coaches," Goodell said, "so I think we're going to have to have some guidelines and restrictions on what can be done and can't be done in the offseason."
The collective bargaining agreement expires in March, which could lead to a work stoppage during the 2011 season. Goodell said he wasn't concerned about the tone of the back-and-forth between the league and the NFL Players Association.
"This is a negotiation," he said. "You have to have a dialogue about how to make the game better."
Goodell said he still doesn't have enough information to make a decision on possibly disciplining Vince Young. The Tennessee Titans quarterback received a misdemeanor assault citation after a fight early Sunday at a Dallas strip club.
Surveillance video footage released by Dallas police showed the quarterback and several people talking in a small room before Young attacked someone in the room. Young has apologized and said he hopes he won't receive a suspension.
"Right now we're just gathering facts to make sure we understand all the facts before we make any determination about the next step in our process," Goodell said.
*NFL* Commissioner Goodell backs 18 regular-season games
Talk about professional sports including basketball, baseball, football, and hockey. Advocate your favorite teams, post news, and address rumors.
Moderators: Loon E Lou, JDR
- FlipSide
- Flow Creation
- Offline
- Posts: 1473
- Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:37 am
- Wins: 0
- Losses: 0
- Location: Chicago IL
- Contact:
*NFL* Commissioner Goodell backs 18 regular-season games
BANG BANG!!!! I Shot U Down
̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(•̪•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ -
̿ ̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\з=(•̪•)=ε/̵͇̿̿/'̿'̿ ̿ -
Jump to
- Illest News
- ↳ Illest News
- ↳ New Users
- ↳ The Lounge
- ↳ Sports Arena
- ↳ Interviews
- Battle Central
- ↳ Callout Section
- ↳ Text Battle Grounds
- ↳ Classic Text Battles
- ↳ Closed Text Battles
- ↳ Illest Lyrics Belt Holders
- ↳ Illest Audio League
- ↳ Audio Battle Grounds
- ↳ Classic Audio Battles
- ↳ Closed Audio Battles
- ↳ Beat Battle Grounds
- ↳ Closed Beat Battles
- ↳ Tournaments
- ↳ Past Tournaments
- ↳ ICE STORM 2006
- ↳ Blood Stained Fields
- ↳ Punchline Tournament
- ↳ New Year Kick Off Tourney 2007
- ↳ TAG TEAM BATTLE ROYALE
- ↳ Superstar Tournament
- ↳ The Old School Classic Tournament
- ↳ New Year Kick Off Tourney 2008
- ↳ Tag Team Tourney 2008
- ↳ Battle of Champions II
- ↳ Illest Lyrics King Of The Multis
- ↳ Topical Madness
- ↳ Battle Of The Champions!
- ↳ Throwback Tourney
- ↳ King Of Text Battles
- ↳ Deadly Spring Tourney
- ↳ King Of The Writtens Tourney
- ↳ Illest Texas Hold Em
- ↳ Punchline Tournament #2
- ↳ The Illest Textcee
- ↳ The Illest Textcee - Tournament 2
- ↳ King Of Producing
- ↳ King Of Audio Battle
- ↳ Vacant Belt Tournament
- ↳ Rapefest 2010 (Audio Tournament)
- ↳ Tag Team Battle Royale #2
- ↳ Topical Tournament 2010
- ↳ Collectively Ill versus Leeroy Jenkins and friends
- ↳ Illest Text Tourney 2011
- ↳ Illest Topical Tournament 2011
- ↳ Illest's Text Tag Tourney 2011
- ↳ Illest Audio Topical Tournament
- ↳ Illest Slug Fest
- ↳ Chainsaw Hookers Text Tournament
- ↳ The Topic Thunder Tournament
- Textcee Area
- ↳ Written Rhymes
- ↳ Classic Scriptures
- ↳ Cyphers
- ↳ The Poet's Stage
- Audio Heads
- ↳ The Booth
- ↳ Audio Battle Rankings
- ↳ Studio Related
- ↳ Illest Audio
- ↳ Producer's Lounge
- ↳ Free Samples & Plugins
- ↳ Illest Radio
- Hip Hop Central
- ↳ Hip Hop News
- ↳ Mixtape Corner
- ↳ Hip Hop Discussion
- ↳ Rap Battles Archive
- Illest Extras
- ↳ Old School Classics
- ↳ Illest Awards 2010
- ↳ Winners of the Illest 2010 Awards Are...
- ↳ Vote For the Illest 2010 Awards
- ↳ Illest Awards 2010 Nominations
- ↳ Illest's Awards for 2011
- ↳ ILLEST AWARDS for 2011!!!
- ↳ Illest Visual Arts
- ↳ Illest Suggestions
- Crews - Personals
- ↳ Crews
- ↳ The Collectively Ill
- ↳ Army Of Three
- ↳ Academy of Raw Talent (ART)
- ↳ The Elitists
- ↳ Personals
- ↳ drunken jesus' mountain of enlightment
- ↳ Kurse's Insane Asylum
- ↳ Where The Sidewalk Ends
- ↳ Ω
- ↳ Center Of Elevation
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest