 The collective bargaining agreement signed in 2011 maintained the sixteen game regular season schedule.The NFL has reintroduced a proposal extending the season to 17 weeks, compensating with a second bye week, for the 2021 collective bargaining agreement negotiations.The 17th game would be played at a neutral site, which would allow teams to not sacrifice a home game to play in the International Series and make up to 16 games available to be played abroad or in non-NFL venues each year.