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NFL Players Sign Off on Agreement to Expand Season to 17 Games

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The National Football League and the NFL Players Association have agreed to what commissioner Roger Goodell is calling a “transformative” new collective bargaining agreement that will expand the league’s regular season to 17 games and change the league’s playoff format.

The vote by the players was a close one, with 1,019 votes in favor to 959 votes opposed. Under the new CBA, each conference will send seven teams to the postseason (up from the current six), with six games to take place during the Wild Card weekend, three on Saturday, and three on Sunday.

Only one team would receive a playoff bye week, down from the current two. The NFL’s preseason will be shortened to three games under the new agreement. "We are pleased that the players.

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