With how much money there is to be made these days in the National Football League, one of the single biggest points of contention with every new collective bargaining agreement is about how many games there are to be played in an NFL season.
The total has changed over the years, but there are good reasons why NFL owners fight for more games to be played (and there are good reasons why the NFL Player’s Association pushes back). For the owners, the answer is plain and simple: there’s millions of dollars to be made with each game played in a given year.