A proposal from NFL owners for an 18-game regular season with a 16-game limit for players was widely ridiculed on Twitter Friday afternoon.
Fans and reporters took turns pointing at all of the problems with such a proposal, which will reportedly be presented in the next round of CBA talks.
— the heavyweight champ is mexican (@JuMosq) July 12, 2019
18-game season with players permitted to play only 16 of them might be the dumbest idea in the history of professional sports.
— Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) July 12, 2019
Reiss: Can you tell us if this game will be one of Tom’s two forced sits?
— Pat Thorman (@Pat_Thorman) July 12, 2019
BB: pic.twitter.com/p2Mry7f7mx
They won’t ever have to because they have the fans doing the milking the players are the cows and the owners own the farm lol https://t.co/117houuPFx
— DeAngelo Williams (@DeAngeloRB) July 12, 2019
This would be a first-ballot induction into the Hall of Fame of Bad Ideas if implemented https://t.co/6FqsF0Dpje
— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) July 12, 2019
I've always wanted to enjoy more second-half-of-the-fourth-preseason-game performances in the regular season https://t.co/FLYw1GN0Uz
— The Falcoholic (@TheFalcoholic) July 12, 2019
For YEARS I have been writing that an 18-game season means resting starters—and not just in Week 17.
— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) July 12, 2019
Get ready for NBA-style lineup decisions… https://t.co/YL2F2fneYW
So you’d basically get a semi preseason team playing for two games a year during the season. If they don’t exempt the QB from the limit, the coaching staff would sit as many starters as possible when QB1 sat out so they’d be available to play all 16 games QB1 started. https://t.co/70CcuvRYOf
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz) July 12, 2019
Greed makes a fool of them all. https://t.co/NCsFdLWhKr
— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) July 12, 2019
