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The owners lost a ton of money today. The players have no idea that they are choking the golden goose. I cannot feel sorry for them. They hired DeMaurice Smith and he tried to use the game and them to make a name for himself. He did. I shall call him, MF A-hole.

Goodell, you are next. You pushed the extended schedule and you knew the players did not want it. Eric Winston came up with a solid suggestion to lengthen the schedule (Thursday night games, extended playoffs) -- Can you not think outside the box a bit and come up with a compromise they would accept too? No, you forced it.

Cut the preseason to 2 games. Add a buy week. Play 17 games, 8 home, 8 away, every team plays 1 on foreign soil (one game each week abroad) if you want to promote the game internationally. Extend the playoffs by eliminating buys and going with 8 teams. Go big networks for Thursday nite football. The players would get extra compensation for playoff games. So you actually would be eliminating 1 game, from 20 to 19.

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