18-game NFL season?

I like this idea.

Supposdly8 the commish, Roger Goodell, wants to expand the regular season to 18 games, and do so by junking two of the four preseason games.

But, money has the players’ union crying foul. Goodell says teams charge regular season prices for the preseason turkeys anyway, so the revenue sharing should stay at 60 percent, with that 60 percent including whatever extra TV money comes in for a new 18-game contract.

I think interim NFLPA exec Richard Berthelsen is all wet on saying the players should get a bigger percentage now.

Beyond having TV $$ in his eyes, though, this makes good sense in other ways:
• Two fewer games of preseason injuries;
• A longer season screens out flukes better.

That said, if Goodell wanted to throw a bone to players, maybe up the percentage to 60.5, while adding one or two players to teams’ roster caps. In fact, this is already covered in the current collective bargaining agreement:

If there is an increase from 16 regular season games, then it is required there is "negotiating with the NFLPA with regard to additional compensation to be paid to players for additional regular season games.”

Calendar logistics?

The season would start at the same time and end either two or three weeks later. (There might be a week off between the two exhibition games and the start of the regular season.)

That said, how would the NBA feel about the NFL creeping into its schedule more?

Would Goodell schedule a second London game, or a Berlin game, with an 18-week season?