League decides not to give sneak peek of regular-season schedule

[cowboyjoe]

League decides not to give sneak peek of regular-season schedule
Posted by Mike Florio on April 1, 2010 12:52 PM ET
Well, it's official. There will be no partial lifting of the sheet on the 2010 regular-season schedule.

According to Gary Myers of the New York Daily News (via SportsBusiness Daily), the league has decided to announce all of the games at once.

Per Myers, the announcement is expected to come the week of April 12. (Ryan Cardinal of Vikings.com recently noticed that ESPN2 is scheduled to televised an NFL schedule-release special on April 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET.) But if the schedule isn't finalized, Myers says it will be released in the days preceding the April 22 draft.

It's still unclear why the league wasn't able to announce the schedule in conjunction with last week's league meetings. Some have speculated that the uncertain status of Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb prompted the league to fiddle with the final slate of games.

 

[Hoofbite]

How stupid.

Fiddle with the games because Ben and McNabb are wildcards right now?

 

[jzcowboy]

How stupid.

Fiddle with the games because Ben and McNabb are wildcards right now?

Stupid? Stupid to put the Steelers on primetime with the controversy. The NFL would rather hide those teams in a regional 1:00 time slot every Sunday.

 

[hornitosmonster]

It will come out soon enough and we all know that we will get the most prime time games.

 

[theebs]

a couple of years ago, there used to be a day they released the schedule.

It wasnt a big deal. It was never delayed.

now because of nfl network they are always changing the dates and delaying it so there is an audience on the night they release it.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Is the league actually going to have a "schedule release show" on NFL Network or something???

That is so lame, just post it on NFL.com already.

 

[dfense]

How stupid.

Fiddle with the games because Ben and McNabb are wildcards right now?

That sounds bad. Like the NFL wants to position certain markets to do well. So much for an even playing field.

 

[jzcowboy]

That sounds bad. Like the NFL wants to position certain markets to do well. So much for an even playing field.

Of course it does, the NFL isn't a charity, they're in it for money.

 

[hornitosmonster]

No it isn't about Chunky or Ben. It is about monetizing everything related to the NFL. They put the release on TV they can sell commercial spots. Think of selection Sunday (NCAA March Madness)

 

[Iceman778]

its unclear....how can they do like this....