Super Bowl LIV: NFLPA Vice President Richard Sherman mocks NFL for 17-game plan

Richard Sherman is t quite kwn for being diplomatic. As NFL approaches end of its collective bargaining agreement, NFLPA (NFL Players Association) and NFL have been locked in negotiations over a 17-game regular season. Richard Sherman, who doubles up as vice president of NFLPA, laid into NFL for ir ‘hypocrisy’ ahe of Super Bowl LIV.

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Super Bowl LIV: 49ers' Richard Sherman blasts NFL hypocrisy for 17-game regular-season plans

NFL continues to negotiate to move towards a 17-game regular season. However, Richard Sherman believes that NFL cares less about safety of players in league and more about ditional revenue NFL will draw with ded game in season. “I don’t think it’s something players are interested in, honestly. And if that’s point (owners are) negotiating on, n I think se negotiations are going to go a lot longer than anticipated. “It’s always odd when you hear player safety is ( league's) biggest concern,” Sherman said.

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"y’re really standing up for player safety, player safety, player safety, but it seems like player safety has a price tag. Player safety up to point of ‘Hey, 17 games makes us this much money, so we really don’t care how safe y are if you’re going to pay us this much money to play ar game. That's part that's really concerning for us as a union and us as players."

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Super Bowl LIV: Richard Sherman believes NFL hypocrisy will ultimately le to 18-game regular season

Richard Sherman also said that he believes plans for 17-game regular-season is just a gateway into making NFL an 18-game league. “And t just 17 – y're really just saying 17 so that y can get to 18. And so that's two more opportunities for players to risk ir bodies, to put ir bodies on line. And that's what's so ridiculous about it – body calls m out. body calls out hypocrisy. And I'm hoping that one day that people will be brave eugh to call out hypocrisy and m saying, 'Hey, we really care about player safety but, hey, we also want you to play an extra game and put your body on line and risk your career."

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