Do you like Thursday Night Football?

[tasmlab]

I like it as an occasional novelty, like for the opening game featuring the Super Bowl winner (because that doesn't require short rest), or Thanksgiving because of tradition. But I find the football to be sloppy, and it just doesn't give players enough time to recover. I'd rather keep it novel, but until the NFL starts losing money on it, I doubt it'll ever go back.

Here here! Football on Thanksgiving isn't the same as Thursday night football.

 

[Tunescribe]

I find myself looking forward to Thursday night games on TV as a distraction from my woes and those of the world.

 

[WaterfallJumper]

I like football.

 

[denverpatsfan]

I was happy to get the TNF game out of the way early this season. Not a fan. It was nice to get the Sunday off though.

 

[TomPatriot]

No, the quality of the games is generally poorer than the Sunday games and MNF.

 

[TomPatriot]

I like football.

I like sex with women.

 

[SammyBlueCat]

They start are 5:25 on the West Coast. Who has time?

 

[Deus Irae]

With the exception of the traditional Thanksgiving games, and the first game of the season, I stopped watching Thursday football a few years back, and I have no intention of restarting the viewing.

 

[Triumph]

Yes but these 2 would ruin Christmas.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Only watched the Patriots on Thursday. It's so bad that it completely escaped my mind that there's a game tonite.
Same with Thanksgiving games. Don't watch.

Waiting for fnord's ageist discriminatory snark about coots & geezers

 

[Triumph]

I like football.

Thursday - NFL
Friday - High school ball is on TV here.
Saturday - NCAA
Sunday - NFL
Monday - NFL
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - Get ready for the week.

 

[Joey007]

I do, but then again I’m greedy. I’m well aware that the product is sub par, and the players hate it.

I think they had it right back when they only had TNF during the latter half of the season. (And the opener) Can’t deny there’s been some good TNF games this year though.

 

[jah]

I like sex with women.

This guy ****s.

 

[Nunchucks]

I dislike night games generally, but Thursday night games in particular.

I wake up at 4:40 AM. I have missed the fourth quarter of both Patriots night games because I fell asleep. This annoys me. Furthermore, attending a night game is a nightmare and nobody wants to buy tickets for a night game.

 

[Jangles]

I like it in theory because it’s another day of football

The games are usually crap and I side with the players as far as injury concerns

 

[Le Numéro Douze]

I plan soccer on Thursday nights during the NFL season so **** no.

 

[Patstopia]

I like watching football on Sunday afternoon at 1pm. That being said, I do watch Thursday, Monday, and Saturday when available.
I do hate hate hate the Pats playing any night game though. Let the children play the night games.

 

[JetFan79]

I find myself looking forward to Thursday night games on TV as a distraction from my woes and those of the world.

Dude, fyi, ED can be easily fixed with meds nowadays.

 

[QuantumMechanic]

I don't know why they don't move it to Friday nights. It used to be there would be a great college game on Friday nights, but now its hot garbage (South Florida versus Tulsa this week if you are interested).

I think that playing a NFL game on three days rest is absurd! Its great if you manage to win the game and then you have a ten day mini bye before your next game. But look at the physical beating the already beat up Colts team took on Thursday.

Move it to Friday night, most people can stay up and watch it, it gives the players another day of rest.

It's illegal for them to move it to Fridays or Saturdays until the college season is over.

Long answer:
By default it would be a violation of antitrust law for a pro sports league to negotiate as a single entity with TV networks. Pro sports leagues are "supposed" to have all their individual teams separately negotiate.

Since that is ridiculous for a league, the pro sports leagues complained about it to Congress and in 1965 The Professional Sports Broadcasting Act was passed which gives the pro leagues a specific and limited antitrust exemption which says that negotiating broadcasting contracts as a single entity is not an antitrust violation.

As part of the horsetrading which went on to get it passed, Congress put a provision in the law that prohibits the NFL from broadcasting games on Fridays and Saturdays during the college football regular season.

 

[Deus Irae]

Same with Thanksgiving games. Don't watch.

1. Background sound/viewing before the meal.
2. Assistance with napping after the meal.