Analysis Of Nfl Pros And Cons

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Ryan Borel Freshman Comp-Res, Anly & Documentation 2-27-2011 Professor Cameron Summary On the website NFL.com, an article was published discussing the argument between players and owners on whether or not the NFL regular season should be extended from the usual sixteen games to an even longer eighteen games. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has already proclaimed that the NFL reserves the right to do such as that is part of the current labor agreement that is set to expire in March. This has many NFL players concerned as the regular season games could lose their significance if it is increased from 16 games to 18 and as well as overall concern for their health. The length of an NFL season takes a tremendous toll on a player’s…show more content…
Owners already believe that players are getting to much of the revenue that is being brought in and argue that an 18 game season is needed to close the budget gaps that so many of their clubs face. This argument of expanding the NFL season is a huge part of the new labor deal that must be negotiated before there is an NFL season in 2011-2012. The other part of the labor deal relies on an agreement between the owners and the players on revenue division. The reason I mention this is that players do not agree they should have to take a pay cut to play a longer season where more risk is involved concerning their bodies yet the owners do. Still, if this part of the labor deal is not negotiated it could result in an NFL lockout that could result in devastating losses for players and owners. The author is making this argument due to the fact that the National Football League has an annual 9 BILLION dollar revenue intake and every Sunday that there is not a game could result in hundreds of millions of dollars being lost not to mention the offseason losses and most importantly fan’s would lose their beloved football season. Bringing urgent awareness to this matter is of utmost importance to the author as this is a time sensitive situation where it is looking as if neither side is willing to budge and actually instead arguing about what should be done. A target audience for this article would fall into that of the NFL fans. Plain and simple the NFL fans are the fuel that keep the NFL going for if there were no fans to watch it, there would be no revenue for players and no revenue for owners. Keeping the fans informed on the current debate of the expanding
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