The NFL CBA is up in 2021 which could lead to a lockout, a strike or, if all goes smoothly, a harmonious and successful renegotiation with specific changes that, if the owners finally get their wish, will include an 18-game regular season.
It seems like the threat of an 18-game regular season has been hanging up there in the ether for close to a decade (if not longer). Unfortunately for NFL owners, their desires for a lengthened regular season have coincided with growing concerns for the toll the game of football takes on an athlete—specifically the toll it takes on his brain—who decides to make that his first post-college profession.