Hawkeye0202
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This sounds a little more radical.......lol
The only problem ( good problem some may say ) could be finding 17 neutral sites.....
Mark Murphy supports 17 games a regular-season compromise
Posted by Mike Florio on July 12, 2019, 6:33 PM EDT
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...upports-17-games-a-regular-season-compromise/
Given the conflicting quotes attributed to Packers CEO Mark Murphy on Friday, I opted to pretend to be an actual reporter and do some actual reporting.
Short story shorter, I got Murphy on the phone to clarify his thoughts on a potentially expanded regular season.
Murphy said that he remains opposed to 18 games, a position he has taken on multiple occasions in the past. He acknowledges, however, that 17 games could work as an obvious compromise between 16 and 18. Murphy supports 17 regular-season games primarily as a way to continue to grow the game internationally, ensuring that every team would have, every year, eight true home games, eight true road games, and one neutral-site game, with most of those 16 neutral-site games played in other countries. However, Murphy was adamant that the preseason would have to drop to three games, and maybe to only two (despite the loss of revenue that would come from reducing the total number of preseason and regular-season games from 20 to 19).
The only problem ( good problem some may say ) could be finding 17 neutral sites.....
Mark Murphy supports 17 games a regular-season compromise
Posted by Mike Florio on July 12, 2019, 6:33 PM EDT
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.c...upports-17-games-a-regular-season-compromise/
Given the conflicting quotes attributed to Packers CEO Mark Murphy on Friday, I opted to pretend to be an actual reporter and do some actual reporting.
Short story shorter, I got Murphy on the phone to clarify his thoughts on a potentially expanded regular season.
Murphy said that he remains opposed to 18 games, a position he has taken on multiple occasions in the past. He acknowledges, however, that 17 games could work as an obvious compromise between 16 and 18. Murphy supports 17 regular-season games primarily as a way to continue to grow the game internationally, ensuring that every team would have, every year, eight true home games, eight true road games, and one neutral-site game, with most of those 16 neutral-site games played in other countries. However, Murphy was adamant that the preseason would have to drop to three games, and maybe to only two (despite the loss of revenue that would come from reducing the total number of preseason and regular-season games from 20 to 19).