Originally Posted by : NFL owners to vote to start flexing 'Thursday Night Football' games for 2023, per report
"Thursday Night Football" may have more compelling games on its schedule next season. NFL owners will be asked during next week's league meetings to approve a flex plan for Thursday night games that go into effect for the 2023 season, according to the Sports Business Journal.
The main purpose of passing the flex plan would be to eliminate Thursday night games between losing teams. If the plan passes, the NFL would be permitted to shift Sunday afternoon games to Thursday night from weeks 14-17 with 15 days notice. The league would also be permitted to schedule teams for Thursday night games after a previous Sunday game on two occasions. Currently, a team can only play one game on Thursday night after playing a Sunday night game.
While there is optimism that the proposal will pass, there are reasons to believe that it could be voted down by the owners. NFL coaches, for one, are not fans of schedule changes, especially during the season. Safety also becomes a concern as teams could be asked to play more games on short weeks.
Amazon's first season with "Thursday Night Football" drew an average viewership of 9.6 million, according to Neilsen. While that is a solid number, it was a 46 percent decline from the previous season when Thursday night games were broadcast on Fox and NFL Network. Games that did not have significant playoff implications may have contributed to the decline in viewership.
There's also the issue of fans who purchase tickets well in advance of their game. The possibility of more games being flexed may cause more hesitation from fans who are considering purchasing tickets ahead of the game they plan on attending.
For a proposal to pass, it must receive 75 percent of the vote, meaning that 24 of the NFL's 32 owners must vote in favor of the proposal. Given the NFL's commitment to generating revenue, the safe bet is that the owners will pass the proposal, even if it goes against the wishes of coaches, players and fans.
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut:
Don't want TNF?
Stop watching the games.
That’s what people are doing. And players have complained about it. But the nfl insists on it. Same way they insist on these stupid games in Europe (unless you’re gonna tell Germans to stay home…) Nobody wants this except for an nfl l that makes money purely because there is no competition. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bump:
NFL: "we care about our players"
also NFL: "we make them play 3 days after they play on Sunday because who needs recovery time"
Highly recommend people listen to the Theo Von interview with George Kittle. He talks about how after Sunday they get home late and most of the week he does nothing but film work and recovery.
He said that his body starts to begin to feel back to normal on Thursday bc the games feel like multiple car crashes.
This shit isn’t safe for players. No idea how the players association lets it happen [Reply]
Originally Posted by TribalElder:
ABSOLUTELY ****ING NOT
The last thing I would ever wish on a team that is in contention is to have to do another thursday night game quick turnaround.
It's bad enough the way the shit is now, yeah we all talk shit on Thursday games and rightfully so. I still don't want them flexing us into a late season Thursday night game.
Thursday night games should be played after a bye week, playing a full game 4 days after playing a full game is just a disaster and the NFL being greedy. Now that Amazon owns it they want actual good games but **** all that.
Move that to a Saturday Night football and that would work. The last few weeks where the flex would be to play on Saturday Night instead of Thursday.
Yea.
I always thought it was lame that when the NFL expanded they went to Thursday night. Play on Saturday or at least Friday and it would allow for more days between games.
So what if college is playing on Saturday? If more than one NFL game is on at the same time, you have to choose which to watch.
Same with the NBA.
I missed where in the Constitution it says that college and NFL can't play on the same day... [Reply]
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut:
Don't want TNF?
Stop watching the games.
I don't unless it is the Chiefs. I don't know why you assume people who are complaining about TNF do.
End of day TNF is usually low quality football with teams who are are at times just going through the motions. It also clearly increases injuries as players don't have as much time for their bodies to heal. But I guess that (injury issue) is OK when the NFLs revenue increases due to it.
Also, having the games on Amazon Prime is bullshit. Why should someone have to get Amazon Prime in order to watch a ****ing football game? It's disrespectful to many of the fans who don't want Amazon Prime but want to watch the game in the comfort of their home. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy:
I don't unless it is the Chiefs. I don't know why you assume people who are complaining about TNF do.
End of day TNF is usually low quality football with teams who are are at times just going through the motions. It also clearly increases injuries as players don't have as much time for their bodies to heal. But I guess that (injury issue) is OK when the NFLs revenue increases due to it.
Also, having the games on Amazon Prime is bullshit. Why should someone have to get Amazon Prime in order to watch a ****ing football game? It's disrespectful to many of the fans who don't want Amazon Prime but want to watch the game in the comfort of their home.
I mean, the nfl has already made out of market games inaccessible to fans who don’t want to pay a bajillion dollars to install an eyesore satellite dish, many of whom are not even allowed to. So that part I’m ok with. Amazon moved broadcast innovation a million years forward which is good for the game. [Reply]
I always thought it was lame that when the NFL expanded they went to Thursday night. Play on Saturday or at least Friday and it would allow for more days between games.
So what if college is playing on Saturday? If more than one NFL game is on at the same time, you have to choose which to watch.
Same with the NBA.
I missed where in the Constitution it says that college and NFL can't play on the same day...
It’s not that they can’t play on the same days, it’s that they (either side) don’t want the competition for ratings. [Reply]
Originally Posted by MarkDavis'Haircut:
The NFL destroys CFB in ratings.
But it is also not worth it to the NFL to take Saturday away from their minor league system.
Is there really that much movement between the two? I get that there's a lot of C team guys that end up in Leafland but there's not a whole lot going from there to the NFL. [Reply]
