--- description: When NFL owners meet in Orlando next week, they are likely to discuss expanding the league’s playoffs by allowing two extra teams to compete in the post-season tournament title: NFL: Owners to Discuss Adding More Teams to Playoffs in 2015 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea01b7c8013800dd/6986864d35ba6f377cc0110c/broncos.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NFL](/tag/nfl/) ## NFL Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NFL Playoffs Could Be Expanded by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2014 6:06 AM CUT  Julius Thomas #80 of the Denver Broncos catches a pass against Dont'a Hightower #54 of the New England Patriots during the AFC Championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 19, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. Julius Thomas #80 of the Denver Broncos catches a pass against Dont'a Hightower #54 of the New England Patriots during the AFC Championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on January 19, 2014 in Denver, Colorado.Kevin C. Cox—Getty Images by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 20, 2014 6:06 AM CUT NFL owners are likely to discuss [expanding the league’s playoffs](http://www.salon.com/2014/03/19/nfl%5Fto%5Fdiscuss%5Fexpanded%5Fplayoffs/ "undefined") by allowing two extra teams to compete for the Super Bowl when they meet in Orlando next week. “There will be a report on the potential of expanded playoffs,” NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. “We don’t know if there will be any vote at this meeting.” By allowing seven teams from each conference into the playoffs, the new system could eliminate the possibility of teams with several losses ascending to the playoffs over franchises with more wins—something that has happened in recent years. The addition of extra games would also help owners in an ongoing impasse with the players’ union over extending the length of the regular season. The 14-team playoff would also provide additional revenue to the league and to teams. \[[_AP_](http://www.salon.com/2014/03/19/nfl%5Fto%5Fdiscuss%5Fexpanded%5Fplayoffs/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/31360/nfl-playoffs-2015-expansion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/31360/nfl-playoffs-2015-expansion/"},"headline":"NFL Playoffs Could Be Expanded","datePublished":"2014-03-20T06:06:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:51:45.779Z","description":"League to discuss proposal during annual meeting","url":"https://time.com/31360/nfl-playoffs-2015-expansion/","keywords":["NFL","Football","Unions","Playoffs","Orlando"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea01b7c8013800dd/6986864d35ba6f377cc0110c/broncos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea01b7c8013800dd/6986864d35ba6f377cc0110c/broncos.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AFC Championship - New England Patriots v Denver Broncos","caption":"AFC Championship - New England Patriots v Denver Broncos","creditText":"Kevin C. Cox—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nfl/","name":"NFL"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/31360/nfl-playoffs-2015-expansion/","name":"NFL Playoffs Could Be Expanded"}}]}] ```