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Spectre;2948771 said:
I've already got plenty of football to watch on Saturday. Just curious as to why you hate another day of football late in the week to break up the big gap between games?
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Yeah Saturdays are for college football. Nothing better than watching a big top 25 matchup on Saturday night to whet your appetite for the NFL on Sunday.
I think the NFL is moving toward Thursdays, but I would like to see kickoff at 7pm instead of too late.
I think the NFL is moving toward Thursdays, but I would like to see kickoff at 7pm instead of too late.
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Spectre;2948771 said:
I'm with you on no Thursday games exept thanksgiving obviously. And yeah, Sat is for college, so that wont happen.''
I guess i'm kind of a traditionalist as I dont mind watching Detroit on TG; like your crazy uncle, you only get to see em once a year.
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Night games make it really hard on children. My kids are going to miss the Cowboys this week because they have school the next day. Does the NFL really want to risk the next generation of fan?
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One reason why the mass appeal of the NFL leapfrogged over that of MLB was the more heightened anticipation of seeing a smaller number of games on a more limited timeframe. The NFL has gotten away from that formula by offering more Thursday and Saturday games.
More diverse timeslots will always maintain the NFL's core audience of fanatical fans, but a significant segment of its entire audience is made up of (for lack of a more descriptive phrase) casual fans. Increasing the weekly opportunities could erode that portion of its demographic, but I'm sure that the NFL has extensively researched that possibility--hopefully much moreso than that of NFL Europe.
I'm for the idea unless it impacts the overall appeal of the league. It'll automatically mean fewer Sunday tilts, which is a valid concern. Moving Cowboys/Giants and Steelers/Ravens from the late Sunday afternoon schedule to Thursdays could leave Lions/Rams and Texans/Bengals alone to take up the slack.
That combo could cause a number of viewers to switch channels for other more desirable programming until the Sunday night game. The league could compensate by pushing down more, high-profile, 1:00 pm eastern matchups to 4:15 pm. By doing so, that would thin the intro games somewhat.
All-in-all, it's a good concept, but there will be consequences for sating fanatical NFL fans' thirst for more football during the week. There is also the radically spaced bye week rotation which automatically subtracts teams from the Sunday schedule. Of course, I'm not a proponent of the current bye week system, so if Thursday games either did away with it or converted all bye weeks into one midseason break, I would sign off on it in a millisecond.
More diverse timeslots will always maintain the NFL's core audience of fanatical fans, but a significant segment of its entire audience is made up of (for lack of a more descriptive phrase) casual fans. Increasing the weekly opportunities could erode that portion of its demographic, but I'm sure that the NFL has extensively researched that possibility--hopefully much moreso than that of NFL Europe.
I'm for the idea unless it impacts the overall appeal of the league. It'll automatically mean fewer Sunday tilts, which is a valid concern. Moving Cowboys/Giants and Steelers/Ravens from the late Sunday afternoon schedule to Thursdays could leave Lions/Rams and Texans/Bengals alone to take up the slack.
That combo could cause a number of viewers to switch channels for other more desirable programming until the Sunday night game. The league could compensate by pushing down more, high-profile, 1:00 pm eastern matchups to 4:15 pm. By doing so, that would thin the intro games somewhat.
All-in-all, it's a good concept, but there will be consequences for sating fanatical NFL fans' thirst for more football during the week. There is also the radically spaced bye week rotation which automatically subtracts teams from the Sunday schedule. Of course, I'm not a proponent of the current bye week system, so if Thursday games either did away with it or converted all bye weeks into one midseason break, I would sign off on it in a millisecond.
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StanleySpadowski;2948947 said:
They been doing it since 1970 and has not lost its viewer or the next generation. I can promise if the NFL did away with the MNF the majority of fans would be hacked off big time.
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I would never pay for it. Don't think it is worth the money. The only team I would ever pay to see is Dallas and I only miss 1 to 3 of their games per year and I go to a sports bar or stream the game. It is a colossal waste of money IMO.dbair1967;2948933 said:
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Hostile;2948988 said:
Not if you enjoy watching the best games every week including the Cowboys when they are not being shown locally.
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I still don't understand how we get an advantage by playing on T-day. Yes we get a couple of extra days off but we also have to play on a short week.
Why isn't it an advantage for the other teams that play on Thursdays?
Complete crap IMO
Why isn't it an advantage for the other teams that play on Thursdays?
Complete crap IMO
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:chainsaw:Hostile;2948988 said:
It's my money and I'll spend it like I want to!
Spend it like I want to!
Spend it like I want to!
You would spend it to if I gave it toooooo you!
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Yeagermeister;2948994 said:
I think the slight advantage is it is always a home game and when you do it every year it becomes routine in getting ready for it. I don't see it as a big advantage. As I have heard athletes are creatures of habit and Thanksgiving is just the norm for our players and coaches.
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StanleySpadowski;2948947 said:
are u serious? I got to stay up late only for MNF, especially when Dallas played. SNF wasnt on yet when I was little. Im glad my dad let me watch football with him even when the games ran late....and this was when MNF started at 8 and the games seemed to drag on for close to 4 hours. Now it starts at 7:30, the games are running faster, and ending right around the 3 hour mark.