Done Deal:18 games

18 games:done deal for the NFL. Is the hierarchy of the league going to make any other changes to compensate for the 18 game schedule. What could these other changes be? Maybe to increase each players income. That sounds reasonable. Maybe the NFL should incorporate 2 bye weeks per team strategically placed in order for the players to have ample rest. That sounds very reasonable. Maybe the NFL should increase the size of the roster from 53 to 59 or 60 players and do away with players being de-activated for every game. That sounds like a plan. What you are going to see is a Super Bowl that will be played in late February and possibly in the very early part of March. The pre-season is a long and drawn out process and having 2 pre-season games might be the correct thing to do. The possibility exists that a team winning the Super Bowl from the Wild Card Slot will play a grand total of 22 football games. A team could conceivably start the season 0 and 3, win 8 out of the next 10, then their record is 8 and 5, then lose 4 out of the next 5 and be a medicore 9 and 9. Next there is the possibility of expansion to 34 teams. What cities are in line to get the next franchises. It has to be Los Angeles and maybe they could be called the Tan. Shortened version would be L.A. Tan. And the other franchise could be set up in the fairly well populated area of the Tidewater in Virginia. The name of that franchise could be called the Virginia Spots. Seriously now, I like Los Angeles and the Tidewater for the next NFL expansion. After all is said and done, I am an advocate of eliminating 2 pre-season games. I like the 18 game schedule but the players better be physically well prepared for 18 regular season games plus the playoffs.