The talk about an 18-game regular-season schedule has been talked about a lot this offseason, but San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman still thinks it has very little chance of happening. Sherman is an NFLPA executive committee, so he has a pretty good idea about how the players feel about the issues and if talks are heading anywhere.
Sherman was asked by Peter King of Football Morning in America his opinion on the 18 game schedule, and although he didn't completely rule it out, he did say it would have to be quite the offer on the table to get it done.
“I think it has very little chance of happening unless something astronomical is conceded,” Sherman said.
This is a little change from the NFLPA who has said before there is no chance of it happening, but it's pretty clear that getting a deal done would be quite the task.
Pro Football Talk points out the best way to do this if for the NFLPA they want the best offer is to not engage the NFL, rather keep asking them for their best offer until they offer one they can't refuse.
And if the NFL asks, the NFLPA should say, “We’re not negotiating that issue. If you want to make an offer, make it. But we’re not negotating.” Once the NFLPA engages the league in negotiation, the question of 18 games becomes one of when not if. If the NFLPA can persuade the NFL to just make offers and keep making offers until the NFL makes the offer that can’t be refused, that’s the better outcome.
It still seems like a longshot that an 18 game schedule happens at least not in the next couple of years, but the door is at least left open.
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