NFL players voted to approve a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the league’s owners that runs through at least 2030.
The vote to approve was close, at 1019-959 after a 10-day voting period.
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The new CBA will allow the NFL to expand its regular season from 16 to 17 games as early as 2021, and expand the playoff field from 12 teams to 14 as soon as the 2020 season.
It also includes higher minimum salaries, improvements to benefits for current and former players, expanded rosters and practice squads and changes to the league’s drug and discipline policies, all of which will go into effect in 2020.
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