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NFL players union could propose trading spring practices for longer training camp
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FILE - Chicago Bears players work on the field during NFL football practice at the team's minicamp in Lake Forest, Ill., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. - photo by AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Across the NFL, teams wrapped up their mandatory minicamps this week leading into about a month-long break before the start of a grueling season that could approach seven months for the teams that make the Super Bowl. The timeline of spring practice followed by a break and then training camp has been a familiar one for years, broken up only by a lockout in 2011 and a pandemic in 2020, but could be in for a change. The NFLPA is contemplating proposing a major upheaval to this schedule, replacing spring practices with a longer training camp in what would provide a longer break after the season and a more gradual buildup to training camp in hopes of possibly reducing some injuries.