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NFL Owners Approve 17-Game Regular Season, 3 Preseason Games
UNDATED (AP) -- The NFL is increasing the regular season to 17 games and reducing the preseason to three games.
Team owners on Tuesday approved the 17th game as expected, marking the first time in 43 years the regular season has been increased.
The Super Bowl now will move back a week to Feb. 13, which places it directly in the middle of the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Each extra NFL game will be an interconference matchup based on where teams finished in the previous season. AFC teams will be hosting the 17th game in 2021.
Commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL is looking into having "full stadiums" for the upcoming season.
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