The NFL is rising the common season to 17 video games and decreasing the preseason to a few video games.
Team homeowners on Tuesday authorized the seventeenth recreation as anticipated, marking the primary time in 43 years the common season has been elevated. It went from 14 to 16 video games in 1978.
The Super Bowl now will transfer again per week to Feb. 13, which locations it instantly in the course of the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Coincidentally, NBC has the printed rights to each.
Each additional NFL recreation might be an interconference matchup based mostly on the place groups completed within the earlier season. AFC groups might be internet hosting the seventeenth recreation in 2021. Beyond subsequent season, the league plans for among the additional video games to be at worldwide websites.
This is a monumental second in NFL historical past, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated. The CBA with the gamers and the lately accomplished media agreements present the muse for us to boost the standard of the NFL expertise for our followers. And one of many advantages of every group taking part in 17 regular-season video games is the flexibility for us to proceed to develop our recreation world wide.
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