NFL owners to vote on flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football

[cowboys5xsbs]

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2023/03/23/nfl-thursday-night-flex.aspx

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

This sounds absolutely awful and I fully expect them to flex us for ratings

 

[KJJ]

As much as I love football I wish they would do away with Thursday night games.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Sounds like a disaster. Leave the Thursday games to the colleges. Just kill the whole idea. I know it won't because of TV. I guarantee you the HC's are against this idea.

 

[Kwyn]

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2023/03/23/nfl-thursday-night-flex.aspx

I hate flex games and I hate Thursday games.

 

[AsthmaField]

It is bad enough flexing from playing Sunday at noon to playing Sunday night…

I can’t imagine being flexed from Sunday at noon to Thursday night. It will be difficult on the teams, to say the least.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

As much as I love football I wish they would do away with Thursday night games.

I may be mistaken, but doesn't Amazon have the Thursday night contract for the next several years

 

[KJJ]

I may be mistaken, but doesn't Amazon have the Thursday night contract for the next several years

Don’t know how long the contract is but they’re on Amazon. They re-broadcast the games on NFL Network about an hour or so after the game ends. I only watched a few of them including the Cowboys against Tennessee.

 

[DogFace]

By this poll most fans hate Thursday. So, I fully expect them to do it.

 

[noshame]

Why didn't they do this crud when I lived in San Diego
Because it stinks in Virginia
What's the over on night games this year 7?

 

[jazzcat22]

I like the TNF games. It is another night of football. Much better than other crap on TV.

I do not like the idea of flexing the games though. This is purely for ratings, and does not consider the fans and plans to attend games, especially if an away game.
Some fans plan vacations to attend games. And now they can't when the flex schedule kicks in.
It will force more home town fans to attend though. Jerry may be behind this, so Dallas fans won't resale tickets to possible opposing fans.

 

[NotForLong]

I like the TNF games. It is another night of football. Much better than other crap on TV.

I do not like the idea of flexing the games though. This is purely for ratings, and does not consider the fans and plans to attend games, especially if an away game.
Some fans plan vacations to attend games. And now they can't when the flex schedule kicks in.
It will force more home town fans to attend though. Jerry may be behind this, so Dallas fans won't resale tickets to possible opposing fans.

This is key . . . The Fans

 

[JayFord]

well they have to give 15 days notice thats fair plus they need these thursday games at the end of the year to mean something or else itll be two 5-9 teams playing each other in a snoozer

 

[Bobhaze]

As much as I love football I wish they would do away with Thursday night games.

100% agree. The only reason we have Thursday night football is greed. And the only Thurs games I ever watch are when the Cowboys play.

 

[JW82]

The only flex they should do, is flex those games to Friday!

 

[thunderpimp91]

I actually don't hate it from a player standpoint. If I'm a player I actually like the Thursday games teams typically give guys an extra day off during the "mini bye".

Where I really hate it is from the fans standpoint. It's one thing to move a game from a mid day spot to a sunday night spot, although even that isn't ideal. If I buy tickets in advance though and now all of a sudden I have to completely change the day and probably take a day off work to accommodate a Thursday game I would be pretty disappointed.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Don’t know how long the contract is but they’re on Amazon. They re-broadcast the games on NFL Network about an hour or so after the game ends. I only watched a few of them including the Cowboys against Tennessee.

I don't have Amazon. I watch the games that I care about on the NFL Network. Unless the Cowboys play I really don't care that much.

 

[Captain-Crash]

why can't we have a game every night? lol, more money for the owners. Heck go to a 30-game season, and let them have one month off.

 

[baltcowboy]

This sounds absolutely awful and I fully expect them to flex us for ratings

Yeah we might play 4 Thursday nights instead of the usual two.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

The solution to Thursday night games being awful, is to just get rid of it altogether.

I hate it, and am willing to bet most NFL fans don't really care for it either.