Are you ready for 17-game regular season schedules starting in 2021? How about a 14-team playoff format starting this year?
Both are officially happening thanks to the NFL Players Association voting to ratify the proposed collective bargaining agreement, as was announced this morning.
The vote to pass the new deal, which ensures an 11-year labor agreement between the NFL and the NFLPA, was passed with a mere 51.5% player majority. The official vote count was 1,019 for and 959 against. This also means that about 20% of the player base did not vote.
One source said the final player vote on the NFL's new CBA was 1019-959.