Aaron Rodgers’ Plea Ignored as NFL Management and Owners Make Decision Over International Schedule

Aaron Rodgers wants the NFL to take its international expansion to another level, but the league’s decision-makers are not buying his preferred plan for now. After the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback proposed staging every international game in the same week, NFL owners and management have shown virtually no support for the idea. Sources also dispute Rodgers’ claim that the proposal was discussed during negotiations for the league’s current collective bargaining agreement. “You’d be competing against yourself” by playing all the international games in the same week,” a source (familiar with the bargaining process) told Front Office Sports .