Oh Great... More Thursday Night Games!
by JasonB on Feb 3, 2012 5:50 PM EST
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The NFL has decided to add five more games to their Thursday night schedule. They will now show 13 games on NFL Network from weeks 2-15, skipping week 12 (NBC will now air the Thanksgiving night game).
"Adding these games to the NFL Network schedule will give more players, teams, and cities the primetime stage," Commissioner Goodell said. "Our fans can now get an early start on the NFL weekend in the season's first 15 weeks."
Almost everything about Thursday night games is terrible. For one, it gives players a needlessly short amount of time between games. Last year, the Eagles got royally screwed having to travel all the way to Seattle on a short week and got blown out as a result. It's just an awful spot for teams.
It's awful for fantasy football because you usually aren't setting your lineups until Friday or Saturday until after all the injury reports are out. Same for doing pick 'em leagues.
They're not fun to watch. Despite what the Raj says, fans don't want an early start to the NFL weekend. All the games on Sunday and one on Monday is part of the reason the NFL is so great. I don't want to watch NFL games during the week.
But in the end none of this matters. More games on different nights means more money and since these games are on the NFL's own channel, that cash goes straight to the league.
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Roger Goodell is the juan castillo of sports commissioners.
The bad news? Castillo's back.
The good news? With the 7-9 season coming up and all the Eagles games being played at 1:00 (and in the bag for the opponent by 2:30 at the latest), we'll all have plenty of time to rake the leaves and whack off. Stock up on your Astro Glide, ladies!
by EvilBanner on Feb 3, 2012 5:59 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
So he's top 10?
I'm great like Gatsby.
by Clint Eastwood on Feb 3, 2012 7:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Going by this list...
…he’d be right above the commissioner of badminton
http://www.mostpopularsports.net/in-united-states-of-america
The bad news? Castillo's back.
The good news? With the 7-9 season coming up and all the Eagles games being played at 1:00 (and in the bag for the opponent by 2:30 at the latest), we'll all have plenty of time to rake the leaves and whack off. Stock up on your Astro Glide, ladies!
OK. Lol. EB, you do know how to kick some ass.
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So..
…he’s OUR team’s sports commissioner and it’s a new season, so we should do our best to support him?
Ick. I don’t like the taste of that one.
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How is NFL Network a premier stage?
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So with 13 Thursday games
This pretty much guarantees that some teams will have multiple Thursday night games next season. Did that happen previously?
I wish Goodel would cut it with the "We do it for the fans" BS
If you doing it for the money at least own up to it
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This is pretty stupid, but it was also inevitable once they started down this path with a couple Thursday games a few years back. But remember guys, this is for us, the fans! Just like we all want an 18 game schedule! And games in London and Mexico! And Madonna! The NFL’s altruism is truly inspiring.
Hopefully the Eagles don’t play in any of these things this year.
No Kidding
I can’t stand ‘Hotel California’ either…
by dlh on Feb 3, 2012 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
Goodell wants to protect players, he said so before in so many words. Yet he wants an 18 game schedule and allow this to happen. I’m calling bullshit. If he just came out and say “Yeah, we just want money and only protect QBs because they’re money makers,” as least I can respect him for being honest.
This is just lame.
RIP Jim Johnson, best ever.
"WHY IS THIS PINK-HAIRED BITCH A CAR?!"
Goodell=Bullshit artist
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
I wonder if we didn’t have to go to Seattle how our views(myself included because I don’t like them that much) on Thursday night games would be? Because I might be wrong but before we played in Seattle I think we were undefeated on Thursdays
The Legend
They should at least expand their availability to other networks then.
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RIP JJ
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If only they could have put them on Saturday or even Friday night
That wouldn’t be too bad time wise and we’d get to see more football live.
Only problem is it’s illegal for the NFL to play on Fridays while high schools are playing and they probably have an agreement with colleges not to play on saturday. Stupid developmental leagues
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On a much more selfish note
I hate all ‘prime time’ games. Living in England means that these don’t start until 1am over here – there’s no way I can stay up to watch that and still function at work the next day
by deg0ey on Feb 4, 2012 3:03 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
You have to buy Direct/TV..then NFL Ticket..that shit is expensive...
It is cheaper than getting tickets to a game, but it is still a rip-off for the fans..The NFL gets you one way or another these days..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Wait... I speak NFL, maybe I can translate:
“Adding these games to the NFL Network schedule will give more players, teams, and cities the primetime stage,” Commissioner Goodell said. “Our fans can now get an early start on the NFL weekend in the season’s first 15 weeks.”
What he is saying:
Adding these games to the NFL Network Schedule will inconvenience everyone but we don’t care about that. What matters is if that add a lot of money to the NFL’s bottom line. We couldn’t get a 25 game season, so this is our way of stretching things out. Our fans are suckers and if we can get them to watch every night of the week, who cares who we are invonveniencing? The players don’t need recovery time, they need to find a way to give more of their money back to the league. And screw injuries from too tight a schedule on those weeks, that’s why we have a 53 man roster"
I hope this was helpful,
Iggy
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by IggleGreen on Feb 4, 2012 7:30 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Hahahaha!!!..I think you nailed it!!!..
"When I was a boy and I had no sense..I got my pecker caught in an electric fence..Well it curled my hair, tickled my balls and made me shit in my overalls..."
Primetime games
I just cannot stay up for them anymore, too damn tired during the week. I get up early for work weekdays and staying up for these games kills me. Add to that all of the commercial breaks that they throw in there. Late in the game it’s one play and then a bunch of commercials. I need toothpicks to keep my eyes open.
The only winner that I see here is the NFL, they get more money. This sucks.
Go Eagles!
fantasy football
it’s going to be royally annoying setting your rosters before thursday all season now instead of half of it. kinda sucks for the people who play for money.
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