NFL Rumors: Coaches, Execs 'Hate' NFLPA's Proposed Offseason Schedule Changes

The NFL Players Association's attempt to dramatically alter the offseason calendar is being met with resistance by some head coaches and general managers, according to The MMQB's Albert Breer.

"I hate it, and I know coaches and front-office folks do, too," he wrote Wednesday. "I also think the players would if it were put into practice—and in particular players with children."

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported Tuesday the NFLPA was working on a proposal to scrap spring workouts and move them to mid-June, which would extend training camp by a few weeks.

Breer pointed to how school years typically end in June, so the current offseason schedule allows those with kids to spend a few weeks with family before training camp gets underway. Eliminating spring workouts means having a longer continuous break but with less ideal timing.

"It's probably in May, then, when the kids are still in school. So now put yourself in their shoes," Breer wrote. "Your family makes a ton of sacrifices to accommodate your job. You have no weekends for half the year. And now, the idea of taking a proper summer vacation is out the window, too.

"This is why coaches, scouts and front-office people were irate in an, "Are they really serious about this?" kind of way, when my buddy Tom Pelissero from NFL Network (don't kill the messenger) tweeted the news on Tuesday morning."

Of course, this doesn't mean the NFLPA's proposal is going to fall apart.

Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio, who first reported on this effort in February, thought an expanded training camp "could be part of the broader give-and-take that precedes a push to 18 games."

Florio also foresaw that coaches may not necessarily be on board, to which he said "the owners will be pragmatic."

A longer training camp at the expense of organized team activities ultimately wouldn't impact the bottom line, so owners could be much more easily sold on the proposal if the NFLPA is making concessions of their own.

And if the owners are on board, the input from those below them within the organization won't mean all that much.