Tom Brady thinks it was a "terrible decision" to extend the NFL regular season to 17 games.During his that was posted Tuesday morning, Brady explained his resentment for the expanded schedule and criticizedhow team owners have the majority of control over the extension.I think its pointle s,Brady said onhis podcastof the additional regular-season game. I thought
Sam Waardenburg Jersey it was a terrible decision. So I dont like the fact that were playing a 17th game at all. I think 16 is plenty. And, again, youre eight games into the year and youre not halfway through, so thats kind of a little frustrating aspect. So whatever, I mean, well play it. Its there, you know, a lot of guys probably mi s games over the course of the season anyway, so they probably dont play all 16, most guys."MORE:The 17-gameregular-season marks the league's . The option to expand the regular season was originally built into the CBA, but wasn't exercised until the leaguesigned a new media contract. NFL voters approved and finalized the change in March to add a preseason game and another regular-season game to the
Brad Kaaya Jersey 2021-22 schedule.As Brady mentioned NFL owners during the podcast, the focus quicklyshifted. He then criticized the relationship between the players, the union, and NFL owners."The owners havent had to listen to the players, Brady said. Because usually what the owners want, the owners get. So, you know, thats just the way the busine s has gone. And we need strong union leadership from the player standpoint and a unified union in order to have the right amount of leverage to negotiate what we think is appropriate for an NFL player. But right now its more like we get told what to do and, yeah, theres a vote and a CBA, but the choice is: Dont play or play under these circumstances. And weve e sentially agreed to play under their
Duke Johnson Jersey circumstances.He also pointed out that while it may be difficult to agree on a decision, he believes that coaches and players aren't properly represented. Brady advocates for the creation of committees and further negotiations to reach an effective compromise that benefitsplayers and owners.Its much easier to get 32 owners to agree who have all the information and they do regular quarterly meetings and they meet and theyre all interested in growing the game," Brady said."Which, look, the players want to grow the game as well but we want to grow it in a way thats, again, thats right for the players as well. So theres not a
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