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    Thursday Night Football

    Why not just move it to Friday night and make everybody happy?

    Roger Goodell insists Thursday Night Football is 'incredibly positive' and isn't going away
    Updated: February 2, 2017 — 1:56 PM EST



    Thursday Night Football is widely regarded as being terrible. Yes, it usually still draws the most viewers of any TV show when it's on; and yes, all the big teams are part of it at some point during the season. Still, the viewership has been bad relative to most NFL broadcast windows, and the quality of football has been even worse.



    Of course, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell does not see things this way. He's convinced there's nothing wrong with Thursday Night Football, and has no intention of doing away with it.

    Here's what Goodell had to say when asked at his State of the League news conference Wednesday about the poor quality of Thursday games:


    "Thursday Night Football is something that we are very committed to. Thursday Night Football ended up being the number-two rated show on all of primetime on NBC this year and number four on CBS. So we see our fans reacting positively to that.


    There is a lot of discussion about the safety of the game, but we have seen absolutely no indications that there is any further risk of injuries, and injury rates are actually slightly lower on Thursday night than they are on Sunday.

    When it relates to the quality of the game, we've seen that be incredibly positive also. We've seen less turnovers. We've seen less penalties on almost every aspect of what you would say the quality of the game. We've seen high quality football on Thursday night.

    We put all 32 teams on there. That's something we did. We are thinking about whether we reevaluate that and maybe don't have quite the number of teams and maybe even change the staggering of our Thursday night games so you have consecutive games on CBS, consecutive games on the NFL Network and then consecutive games on NBC.

    We've heard from our fans a great deal, 'Where is the game? We want to know where the game is.' So we are going to look at all of that, and continue to work on something that we think has gotten off to an incredible start and we are very optimistic about the future on that."
    "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"
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  • #2
    Roger Goodell is a tool and a lying sack of shit.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by sfphillyfan View Post
      Roger Goodell is a tool and a lying sack of shit.
      No doubt, but I think that he's right about TNF. They make money on it, a lot of fans enjoy it and despite the noise the players are around 50/50 on it because they like the long break and I would too if I were playing since July. I also think moving it to Fridays keeps both sides happy but apparently the NFL thinks Thursdays draws a bigger audience. They should give in a little bit there.
      "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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      • #4
        They won't move it to Fridays because they don't want to draw people away from high school football. Same thing with playing on Saturdays during college football season.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Eaglebreath View Post
          They won't move it to Fridays because they don't want to draw people away from high school football. Same thing with playing on Saturdays during college football season.
          That might be true but I doubt it EB. I realize that college football is their free feeder system, but high schools play on both Fridays and Saturdays and colleges play every night except Mondays for tv money. The Pros leave Saturdays alone for that reason, but the high school angle might be shaky. For the most part the only people at high school games these days are parents and girlfriends.

          The more that I think of it the more I think you may be right though.
          "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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          • #6
            There are parts of the country, esp the south, where Friday night football is a THING. Between that and people doing Fri night happy hour things I don't see them going there. But stranger things have happened
            Wait until next year is a terrible philosophy
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            • #7
              They need to rework the schedule so that teams have byes before playing a Thursday night game. A lot of players are missing Thursday games due to injuries and can't play on the short week. Some are losing out on incentives in their contracts because of this and I'm surprised the NFLPA isn't making a bigger stink about it.

              This would also help with the inequity of the bye weeks.
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              • #8
                That is a good suggestion spur and we've also talked about giving the conferences a break in the same week that is simple to do. They could also make some rules to help out vets. Expanding the roster some and figuring a way to give full time starters a break. Maybe limiting the time a player can actually play on a Thursday night might be an answer. Maybe limiting the time a starter can play the game before Thursday. It's strange that in football you are encouraged to play when your hurt but baseball you get a rest just to get a rest period when you're perfectly healthy. The Sox rested Ortiz once a week this season and he was just the designated hitter. The NFL needs to explore some options here because you know that they won't shorten the season. They without a doubt should at least go to a two bye season.
                "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Eagle60 View Post
                  That is a good suggestion spur and we've also talked about giving the conferences a break in the same week that is simple to do. They could also make some rules to help out vets. Expanding the roster some and figuring a way to give full time starters a break. Maybe limiting the time a player can actually play on a Thursday night might be an answer. Maybe limiting the time a starter can play the game before Thursday. It's strange that in football you are encouraged to play when your hurt but baseball you get a rest just to get a rest period when you're perfectly healthy. The Sox rested Ortiz once a week this season and he was just the designated hitter. The NFL needs to explore some options here because you know that they won't shorten the season. They without a doubt should at least go to a two bye season.
                  If you rest the starters, you need to expand the rosters, 53 won't cut it. I doubt the owners would want to add to the payroll and subtract from the profits.
                  We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by musicman View Post
                    If you rest the starters, you need to expand the rosters, 53 won't cut it. I doubt the owners would want to add to the payroll and subtract from the profits.
                    LOL. The cheap bastards don't want to pay for anything! Did you know that they have the technology to actually put the yellow first down line on the field so that they refs and players can actually see it? Too expensive they say. Instead that use the marker on the opposite side of the field so that the line can be fucked up on replays. We're talking about a $25 billion industry here. Unreal. In fact the Air Force academy used to just run a laser from the marker years ago to measure first downs from the sidelines but for some reason the NCAA made them stop it. Football likes the drama of chains and officials fucking up so people talk about it all week.
                    "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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                    • #11
                      that would speed the game up, folks in the stands would have less time to spend money at the stadium and the folks at home would have far less commercials
                      We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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                      • #12
                        I'm surprised that they don't have concessions in the parking lots. Stayed tuned.............Shhh, don't tell them.
                        "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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