NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith says an 18-game season is not on the negotiating table, Jim Trotter of Sports Illustrated reports.
"First of all, the league has never presented a formal proposal for 18 games," Smith told SI.com. "But more importantly, it's something that our players don't want. Eighteen games is not in the best interest of our players' safety, so we're not doing it."
As Trotter points out, an 18-game season and a rookie wage scale are believed to have been the key sticking points in talks towards a new collective bargaining agreement.
Yahoo! Sports reported on Wednesday that the NFL and NFLPA have agreed to a rookie wage scale, though the union has denied that's the case.
source: Mac's Football Blog
Posted by Brian McIntyre
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