NFL expands to a Thursday Night game every week (except week 16 and 17)
That's right folks Roger Goodell confirmed what I said a few months ago that the NFL was expanding the Thursday night games to every week...well almost. There will be no Thursday games on week 16 and 17; no doubt due to the fact that playoff bound teams should not have any advantage. There will, of course, be the week 1 Kickoff game (NBC) and then the NFL Network will have a Thursday game expanded from week 2 thru 15. On Thanksgiving, there are two other Thursday games in addition to the NFL Networks late Thanksgiving game (NBC has one). That means 16 Thursday games. So every NFL team will get one Thursday night game and a prime time showcase. And the Thursday to Next Sunday advantage in the following week. The NFL network will have 13 Thursday games in 2012.
What do I think of it? I am torn. Part of me loves another night of NFL football. But the other part of me says my wife is going to kill me when I tell her I now have 3 of 7 nights of NFL football every week (well almost). I love the college games on Thursday nights too and kind of feel like the NFL may be pushing things a little too far. Time will tell. But I also know from a personal point of view that I spend plenty of time in Europe on business and these additional Thursday night games (live at 1 AM in the UK) puts me at MORE of a disadvantage because I choose to not stay up that late when traveling in Europe and thus lose any advantage to making lineup decisions based on pregame warm up intelligence. So when my star RB turns up limping in the pregame I will not be able to see it and change my lineups when I am soundly sleeping in bed at Midnight in Barcelona or Prague. Disadvantage FFGuidebook.com.
Another question comes to mind. Will the Sunday NFL ticket be reduced now that it loses a game on Sunday? How about easing the black out rules for NFL games?
That's right folks Roger Goodell confirmed what I said a few months ago that the NFL was expanding the Thursday night games to every week...well almost. There will be no Thursday games on week 16 and 17; no doubt due to the fact that playoff bound teams should not have any advantage. There will, of course, be the week 1 Kickoff game (NBC) and then the NFL Network will have a Thursday game expanded from week 2 thru 15. On Thanksgiving, there are two other Thursday games in addition to the NFL Networks late Thanksgiving game (NBC has one). That means 16 Thursday games. So every NFL team will get one Thursday night game and a prime time showcase. And the Thursday to Next Sunday advantage in the following week. The NFL network will have 13 Thursday games in 2012.
What do I think of it? I am torn. Part of me loves another night of NFL football. But the other part of me says my wife is going to kill me when I tell her I now have 3 of 7 nights of NFL football every week (well almost). I love the college games on Thursday nights too and kind of feel like the NFL may be pushing things a little too far. Time will tell. But I also know from a personal point of view that I spend plenty of time in Europe on business and these additional Thursday night games (live at 1 AM in the UK) puts me at MORE of a disadvantage because I choose to not stay up that late when traveling in Europe and thus lose any advantage to making lineup decisions based on pregame warm up intelligence. So when my star RB turns up limping in the pregame I will not be able to see it and change my lineups when I am soundly sleeping in bed at Midnight in Barcelona or Prague. Disadvantage FFGuidebook.com.
Another question comes to mind. Will the Sunday NFL ticket be reduced now that it loses a game on Sunday? How about easing the black out rules for NFL games?
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