ESPN - A rookie wage scale will be part of the new deal but is still being
"tweaked," and the much-discussed 18-game regular season will be
designated only as a negotiable item with the players and at no point is
mandated in a potential agreement.
An expansion of the Thursday night TV package to 16 games beginning in
2014, which could be a source of new revenue for the league, is also
being weighed but is not a part of these talks.
Current TV deals make 2014 the target year for an extended Thursday package, not 2012, according to a source.
Goodell
said no discussions were held Tuesday on a potential full-season
Thursday night TV package. With record ratings last season, the NFL's
value to its broadcast partners never has been higher.
This is good and bad at the same time. Being a huge fantasy football player I can say that it will be much harder to pick players. With injuries happening all the time it is hard enough to figure out if people are going to play on Sundays without Thursday games. At the same time I know how much I love when Thursday games start because it's an extra night out of the week we can all watch football. When everything comes down to it, the NFL can make a shit load more money and we all get another a reason to get drunk and party on Thursdays.
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