the expansion of the NFL regular season schedule

Obviously, if the NFL has a lockout, it will have devastating effects on the economies in the regions in which the NFL teams play. A solution must be found, and I think a solution is possible. As I already stated, the three issues at the root of the disagreements are the expansion of the NFL regular season schedule, a rookie wage scale, and increased drug testing. With a little give and take from the two sides, I think these three issues can be resolved. I will now offer my proposal for how to come to an agreement.

 The first issue I will propose a solution for is the expansion of the NFL regular season. NFL owners want to expand the season for one reason. This reason is for increased revenue. Having extra games played at your home arena will provide a significant increase in revenues from everything from tickets, to concession food. The primary reasons the NFL Players Association is against this is player safety, and fair compensation. If they play more games, there is a higher chance of injury. To me, a solution is very achievable. Since safety is one of the things keeping the NFL Players Association from agreeing to the schedule change, the NFL owners need to add things that could protect the players from injury. I would propose that if the NFL schedule is expanded, there would need to be less offseason workouts. This would keep players fresher for the extra two games at the end of the year, making injury less likely. Another thing that I think would need to be agreed upon would be an expansion of NFL team's rosters. Regardless of what precautions the NFL takes to keep players from getting injured, injuries still will happen. With more games, there will surely be more injuries throughout the course of the season. Expanding the number of players NFL teams can have on their rosters would help them be more prepared to find a replacement if an injury does occur. This would cost the owners money because they would have to pay the extra players salaries. But, with the increased revenue the owners would get from the expansion of the regular season, they would still be making more money. While I believe this proposal would solve the safety issues related with expanding the NFL regular season, there is still the issue of fair compensation.