Patriots NT Vince Wilfork Wants More Pay If There's An 18-Game Schedule

During his weekly appearance on the "Dale & Holly Show" on Boston sports radio station WEEI, New England Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork discussed the NFL's proposed 18-game "enhanced" regular season. "Well, that's going to be a big problem, because if you want to pay us like pre-season, it won’t work. But if you're going to take those two (pre-season games) and make it into a regular season game, we'll the pay has to be different, that’s point blank," Wilfork said. "Me personally, a fan of football, I care less about 18-, 20-game season, as long as the pay is right. Don’t pay me as four preseason games when it’s only two preseason games, and the other two is regular-season games. So if you want it like that, well, you have to come out of your pockets for it. It won’t work if you put an 18-game season together and expect guys to play for two games for pre-season salary. It would not work. It would be a big problem." Wilfork signed a five-year, $40 million contract, with $18 million in guarantees, in early March.

Source: Mac's Football Blog

 

this 18 game season talk is just plain dumb. Enough players get hurt in 16 games.

 

You would have to increase the size of the teams from 53 to approximately 60 to cover the additional injuries. I think 16 is plenty of games.

 

All of the players are going to want more pay for playing more games. That's not hard to figure out.