NFL officially approves 17-game season
NFL owners have voted and approved a 17-game regular season.
Here are the added 17th games for the 2021 season, plus an outline of how the schedule works going forward: pic.twitter.com/swfcHuTQa9
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 30, 2021
As a result, the preseason has been shortened to three games. In addition, teams will host ten games. Either nine regular-season games and one preseason game or eight regular-season games and two preseason games.
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The schedule changes weren’t the only proposals approved by the NFL owners, though. The scheduling of international games, in which each team would play one neutral-site international game every eight seasons, has also been approved.
This change would begin to take place in 2022, according to the cover letter and attached resolution obtained by The MMQB’s Albert Breer.
Here is the resolution that NFL owners will vote on to approve the 17-game season, which will be the first expansion of the regular-season schedule in 43 years.
As you can see, they're voting on a lot of elements at once. pic.twitter.com/fI9mM1t0S9
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 30, 2021
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International games will begin at 9 a.m. ET and the NFL will also have the right to schedule up to four regular-season games at neutral sites outside of the U.S.
