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Pros and cons to prospect of a 17-game season

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

ATLANTA -- Increasing the regular season to 17 games might seem like an odd way to resolve the NFL's pending labor problems, but an additional regular-season game could smooth some of the differences between the league and the union. During the owners' meetings Tuesday, commissioner Roger Goodell suggested the idea of a 17th regular-season game as an alternative on the table in future negotiations. Gene Upshaw, executive director of the NFL Players Association, bristle ...

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