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Rob0729

06-21-2011 01:05 PM

New CBA will bring Thursday Night Football Every week starting in 2012

Apparently part of what has been agreed upon according to Chris Mortensen is that they will develop a 16 game Thursday night package for sale to either the Broadcast of Cable Networks for an asking price of about a billion a year. This will benefit both sides to generate more revenue that will compensate the players for losing some of their share of the pie.

Report: New CBA would include 16-game Thursday night TV package | ProFootballTalk

patsinthesnow

06-21-2011 01:23 PM

Re: New CBA will bring Thursday Night Football Every week starting in 2012

Schefter just tweeted this:

More at ESPN: If and when agreement is reached, all players with 4, 5 and 6 years of service are expected to be unrestricted free agents.

Not sure if thats news or not.

PatsFanStnfrd

06-21-2011 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by patsinthesnow (Post 2575110)

Schefter just tweeted this:

More at ESPN: If and when agreement is reached, all players with 4, 5 and 6 years of service are expected to be unrestricted free agents.

Not sure if thats news or not.

What does this mean for NE? Page is UFA, but Law Firm remains a RFA. Mankins is franchised and presumably that will be allowed by the CBA. Otherwise, Manning is a UFA. Others?

HomerSchooled

06-21-2011 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob0729 (Post 2575105)

This is one of the first potential changes to the league I've heard in a long while that I can actually get behind. I love Thursday night football. The more the merrier.

Rob0729

06-21-2011 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by PatsFanStnfrd (Post 2575116)

What does this mean for NE? Page is UFA, but Law Firm remains a RFA. Mankins is franchised and presumably that will be allowed by the CBA. Otherwise, Manning is a UFA. Others?

I assume they meant all, none franchised players. I would assume that if they franchise tag was going to be removed from the CBA they would have pointed it out.

italia44

06-21-2011 03:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HomerSchooled (Post 2575130)

This is one of the first potential changes to the league I've heard in a long while that I can actually get behind. I love Thursday night football. The more the merrier.

Gawd...........I hope it isn't on the NFLN...Lousy audio,subpar video,screaming pre-game analyists and third-rate,washed-up announcers......Did I leave anything out?:bricks:

ay-yo

06-21-2011 03:20 PM

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The more football the better IMO.

Idk why but I feel like Belichick is probably pissed about this. It gives teams who play on Thursday extra prep time for their next game. Regardless it'll probably work in our favor because we'll almost certainly deal with it better than most teams.

Mike the Brit

06-21-2011 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by italia44 (Post 2575201)

Gawd...........I hope it isn't on the NFLN...Lousy audio,subpar video,screaming pre-game analyists and third-rate,washed-up announcers......Did I leave anything out?:bricks:

Well, you don't have to go to NFLN for screaming analysts and washed-up announcers. But I agree. NFLN is pretty embarrassing -- and doesn't make business sense. How many people have it, compared to Fox or ESPN?

PatsWickedPissah

06-21-2011 04:24 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by italia44 (Post 2575201)

Gawd...........I hope it isn't on the NFLN...Lousy audio,subpar video,screaming pre-game analyists and third-rate,washed-up announcers......Did I leave anything out?:bricks:

Worse yet the anti-eponymous Brighthouse Networks that I have when in Florider refuses to carry the NFLN. :mad:

PrairiePat

06-21-2011 05:06 PM

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That should be an interesting sale. NFL Network needs the live game package to induce cable companies to carry it, but what if an ABC (or even ESPN again) is also bidding for that package? The NFL is almost bidding against itself here. How high can they go until their own package price makes NFLN a losing proposition?

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