Aaron Rodgers suggests full week of NFL international games - ESPN

Aaron Rodgers advocated for the NFL to schedule a full week of international games and also took multiple swipes at team owners Sunday, hinting that they pay lip service to player safety while quipping that «maybe they're a little tight on money.»

Rodgers commented on the NFL's global outreach after the Pittsburgh Steelers played the New Orleans Saints in Paris — the league's first regular-season game in France.

The NFL is playing a record nine international games across seven countries this season, but Rodgers alluded to an even grander plan that he said was discussed between the league and the NFL Players Association during previous rounds of labor talks.

«There was talk about doing a week — an international week — where you had games in 16 different places and you just added an extra bye week,» the Steelers star quarterback said. «So you play 16 regular-season [weeks], you have two bye weeks — one of those weeks would've been an international week.

»I think it would've been phenomenal for the game. Now, the owners wanted to push for 17 games for the extra revenue and because they care so much about player safety, but it would've been nice."

Rodgers listed several locations where the league already has or will host international games — including Mexico, Brazil, Ireland, England, Spain and Germany — and also mentioned adding another South American country or a destination such as Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

«I think there's great opportunities for expansion and those things,» he said. «It'd be awesome to see them have an international week, because I think it's great for the game and the expansion of the game.»

The four-time NFL MVP then pivoted back to ownership, taking a few swipes at what he intimated were limited