“Our members have no appetite for an 18th regular-season game,” NFLPA interim executive director David White said Tuesday during the union’s annual Super Bowl week news conference. Every team will go to 18 (regular-season games) and two (preseason games) and eliminate one of the preseason games, and every team every year will play one game overseas. White and NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin also said the players “are in no rush” to begin negotiations well in advance of the expiration of the current CBA. Mindful of longevity, players worry about the toll that another regular-season game would take on their bodies. AdvertisementThe current CBA allows for the NFL to stage as many as 10 international games per season.

Source: International New York Times February 04, 2026 05:18 UTC