NFL Will Vote Next Week On Thursday Night Football Flexing(EDIT: NFL Doesn't Have The Votes Now, Will Revisit Issue In May)(May Edit: Approved)

[FortressX]

I despise TNF the most so this will make it worse

NFL says potential Thursday night flex is "not a concern from a health and safety perspective"

On Thursday night, Sports Business Journal reported that the owners will vote next week on a proposal to apply flexible scheduling to Thursday Night Football.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

The union seems against it rightly so

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Approval Edit

The resolution comes with strict requirements: Thursday games can only be flexed between Weeks 13 and 17, with a four-week notice required. Only two Thursday night games can be flexed per year, and the resolution notes that the flexible scheduling for TNF is on "a trial basis."

NFL owners approve modified proposal for flexing Thursday Night Football games

NFL owners on Monday approved a modified proposal for flexing "Thursday Night Football games, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reports.

www.nfl.com

 

[jays52]

I despise TNF the most so this will make it worse

NFL says potential Thursday night flex is "not a concern from a health and safety perspective"

On Thursday night, Sports Business Journal reported that the owners will vote next week on a proposal to apply flexible scheduling to Thursday Night Football.

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

The union seems against it rightly so

Everything the league has done since Bill Polian changed the passing defense rules in 2004 has made football worse. They are dangerous children who must be kept from themselves.

 

[VectorPrime]

Just get ready for an 18 game season and weekly Friday and Saturday Night games too.

 

[FortressX]

After intense criticism, NFL walks back Thursday night flexing, a bit - ProFootballTalk

When it comes to a multi-billion-dollar business, there are no accidents, no coincidences.On Thursday, the NFL by all appearances hand-picked Sports Business Journal to be the recipient of an important trial balloon: This week in Arizona, owners will be asked to vote on flexible schedule for...

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[XLIX]

Just get ready for an 18 game season and weekly Friday and Saturday Night games too.

They are forbidden by law from playing on Friday nights or Saturday (all day) against the HS or College football regular seasons.

As for the Thursday night flex.... the NFL has no problem inconveniencing 70,000 ticketholders in order to provide better entertainment and ratings for their broadcast partners. They make about 5 times more on Thursdays from Amazon than all the ticket sales combined. Considering the quality of last year's TNF, I gotta say this wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. The ticketholders will still go, and everyone knows it.

 

[TomPatriot]

Everything the league has done since Bill Polian changed the passing defense rules in 2004 has made football worse. They are dangerous children who must be kept from themselves.

In his defense, he had to work for Irsay, penance enough for anyone not addicted to blow.

 

[Tunescribe]

They are forbidden by law from playing on Friday nights or Saturday (all day) against the HS or College football regular seasons.

That is ridiculous. It's not a "law," it's professional courtesy.

 

[TomPatriot]

That is ridiculous. It's not a "law," it's professional courtesy.

I think he meant it in the sense that it would be sacrilegious.

 

[Tunescribe]

I think he meant it in the sense that it would be sacrilegious.

Then that's what he should have posted vs. explicitly calling it illegal. Perhaps you're being too kind to the ignoramus. Beyond that, the fact is NFL games HAVE gone up against college Saturday night games late in the season in rare instances and no one was prosecuted.

 

[Wax Frog]

Just get ready for an 18 game season and weekly Friday and Saturday Night games too.

 

[Chevy]

Just flex the Thursday games right out of existence.

And take those color rush uniforms with you!

 

[BUSTAMOVE]

As a STH they can shove their Thursday Night games up their Cazzoo.
Some people buy tickets ahead of time because they are visiting that area for the weekend
If they flex a Sunday game to Thursday.
They are stuck with tickets they can’t attend. Plus no game to go to.
Greedy bastards

 

[FortressX]

Roger Goodell defends possibility of Thursday night flex scheduling - ProFootballTalk

The NFL will take up discussion of flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football again in May after not having the votes to approve the league’s proposed measure Tuesday. The league wants the leeway to move late-season games from Sunday to Thursday, with a 15-day advance notice, to assure better...

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[FortressX]

NFL approves allowing teams to play two Thursday games on short weeks - ProFootballTalk

NFL owners discussed flexible scheduling for Thursday Night Football. They did not vote on the proposal but instead changed the rules to allow teams to play on two short weeks during the season.That will allow a better inventory of teams for late-season games.“We’re interested in making sure...

profootballtalk.nbcsports.com

 

[turkeyneck]

As a STH they can shove their Thursday Night games up their Cazzoo.
Some people buy tickets ahead of time because they are visiting that area for the weekend
If they flex a Sunday game to Thursday.
They are stuck with tickets they can’t attend. Plus no game to go to.
Greedy bastards

The NYJFL no longer cares about in-stadium fans. They increasingly don't care about TV fans. They are going all in on gambling and fantasy fans who don't care if they actually see the games; they just need the stats box.

 

[Rob0729]

Flexing TNF would be ridiculous. Teams don't seem to be prepared half the time when they have months to prepare for the game on the schedule. Give a team two weeks notice that their schedule is changing to a Thursday night game and it could turn into crap show of epic proportions.

Remember how many years we had awful TNF games because teams were unprepared on how to practice and gameplan for them? It took several years of unwatchable games on Thursday before teams started to get used to it.

 

[maust]

Everything the league has done since Bill Polian changed the passing defense rules in 2004 has made football worse. They are dangerous children who must be kept from themselves.

And yet all they do is print more and more money, which is all they care about.
It's only a game to us as fans. For everyone else it is a business and for gaming entities, the league office, players, media, business partners, advertisers, broadcasters, coaching staff's, owners, team offices, municipalities, vendors, hotels, transportation, trainers, agents, medical personnel, stadiums and their employees and all the other folks who get a piece business has been very good.

The game itself? Yeah, that's been worse

 

[FortressX]

The resolution comes with strict requirements: Thursday games can only be flexed between Weeks 13 and 17, with a four-week notice required. Only two Thursday night games can be flexed per year, and the resolution notes that the flexible scheduling for TNF is on "a trial basis."

NFL owners approve modified proposal for flexing Thursday Night Football games

NFL owners on Monday approved a modified proposal for flexing "Thursday Night Football games, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reports.

www.nfl.com

 

[Ghost of Ben Dreith]

It's hard to reconcile Thursday night football itself and the associated chance of increased player injury/beat up with the new change to kickoff rules. They are diametrically opposed as to effects on health and demonstrate again the NFL will do anything to appease sponsors....players be damned.

Flexing won't help in that regard at all.

 

[FortressX]

Week 14 Pats/Squeelers TNF.

I wonder if they will flex that ?