26CornerBlitz Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) It’s the first Thursday night since Week Two without Thursday Night Football. When the series returns on Thursdays in 2018 (a couple of non-Thursday night 2017 Thursday games are coming over the Christmas weekend), it could look a lot different. Via John Ourand of SportsBusiness Daily, the NFL wants bids for 2018 by early January. The existing package, split for broadcast and production purposes between CBS and NBC, covered only 2016 and 2017. The total slate currently includes 18 annual Thursday Night Football games, most of which are televised on (duh) Thursday. Per the report, the NFL is willing to consider major changes to the package. Edited January 31, 2018 by 26CornerBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 8 minutes ago, 26CornerBlitz said: It’s the first Thursday night since Week Two without Thursday Night Football. When the series returns on Thursdays in 2018 (a couple of non-Thursday night 2017 Thursday games are coming over the Christmas weekend), it could look a lot different. Via John Ourand of SportsBusiness Daily, the NFL wants bids for 2018 by early January. The existing package, split for broadcast and production purposes between CBS and NBC, covered only 2016 and 2017. The total slate currently includes 18 annual Thursday Night Football games, most of which are televised on (duh) Thursday. Per the report, the NFL is willing to consider major changes to the package. ...thought I read Excellus Blue Cross was in the bidding....TNF injuries and hospitalizations should net them billions................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 minute ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...thought I read Excellus Blue Cross was in the bidding....TNF injuries and hospitalizations should net them billions................ That will be the new XFL's sponsor since that's where "real men" will play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Just Say No. 1 or 2 a year is ok but it isn’t helping the shield when they put up crap matches. Then they wonder why ratings are down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Dump it... the fans don't like it, the players hate it, and the increased exposure is killing the core NFL Sunday product. The problem with that of course is that the NFL already has their money from the Sunday packages, so why not bid out a Thursday package? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 How about Thursday afternoon football? I need another reason to play hookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 they can't claim to care about player health and run them out there on Thursdays 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, sullim4 said: Dump it... the fans don't like it, the players hate it, and the increased exposure is killing the core NFL Sunday product. The problem with that of course is that the NFL already has their money from the Sunday packages, so why not bid out a Thursday package? ...should be the first order of business brought up by Jurry Jones and P-Diddy at owners' meetings IMO............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 TNF is part of the current CBA. We'll see what the next one brings, but until then we get more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murica Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I rather see an extra Monday night game instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptide Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I love the Saturday games, but know they'd never do it because of college football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 The only way they could improve the quality of some of the games is to give the same two teams playing each other a bye week the week before the Thursday night game. That would only apply for weeks 6 through 12 though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 i'll give them $5 and a tuna fish sandwich. thurs night football is booooring and the players hate it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisplacedBillsFan Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Am i the only one that likes TNF? I was quite bummed when I realized there wasn't a game tonight. In my eyes, fewer nights with NFL football is a bad thing...as long as the Bills always play at 1PM on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsherd Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Friday night football...maybe they should try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagon127 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I feel the solution is to try two bye weeks again. It failed last time because it messed with the team's weekly routine. Thursday night football does that by itself now. Just give every team playing on Thursday a bye before hand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 They need all the big stars to stand united (or kneel) and protest against TNF games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 9 hours ago, DisplacedBillsFan said: Am i the only one that likes TNF? I was quite bummed when I realized there wasn't a game tonight. In my eyes, fewer nights with NFL football is a bad thing...as long as the Bills always play at 1PM on Sunday. No i like if too. The season is so short, I love to see as many games as possible. Saying “TNF is a bad product” is the cool thing to do now. Like it’s a carton of eggs or something. If you love football, I don’t see how having another game to watch is a bad thing. Everyone acts like all the Thursday night games are unwatchable. I personally like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyBeets Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) I don't like Thursday Night Football myself, but this TV deal will put more money into the pockets of the players. The league is all about making money, it's a business. As much as the players complain about playing Thursday nights, it will put money in their pockets. Edited December 22, 2017 by TonyBeets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 17 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: It’s the first Thursday night since Week Two without Thursday Night Football. When the series returns on Thursdays in 2018 (a couple of non-Thursday night 2017 Thursday games are coming over the Christmas weekend), it could look a lot different. Via John Ourand of SportsBusiness Daily, the NFL wants bids for 2018 by early January. The existing package, split for broadcast and production purposes between CBS and NBC, covered only 2016 and 2017. The total slate currently includes 18 annual Thursday Night Football games, most of which are televised on (duh) Thursday. Per the report, the NFL is willing to consider major changes to the package. I hope the "changes" they're willing to consider include GETTING RID OF IT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 minute ago, CLTbills said: I hope the "changes" they're willing to consider include GETTING RID OF IT Not happening, It's money in the owners' and players' pockets as written in the current CBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Not happening, It's money in the owners' and players' pockets as written in the current CBA. Oh I know it's not happening. It's just a garbage product. Now, if they wanted to package it so that every team that's playing on TNF has a bye the week before, it'd be different. But you can't do that because there are TNF games every week, and you cant give someone a bye week in week 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 John Ourand of SportsBusiness Journal reports that only FOX, CBS, and NBC submitted bids for the Thursday Night Football package. Per Ourand, ABC was expected to make a proposal, but the network decided at the final minute not to make a bid. Apparently, the network believed it would not be able to turn the product into a profit. Turner also didn’t submit a bid, even though it had made a bid every other time the league had requested proposals for the midweek slate of games. The league was never going to sell the Thursday broadcasts to a cable channel, and Turner reportedly didn’t want to once again provide a false boost to what the winning network(s) will pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Any word on whether Yahoo or Amazon are still contenders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 12/21/2017 at 7:09 PM, jr1 said: they can't claim to care about player health and run them out there on Thursdays Sure they can; add an extra bye and have no one play a short week - everyone has extra days to prepare for and recover from TNF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 On 12/21/2017 at 10:22 PM, wagon127 said: I feel the solution is to try two bye weeks again. It failed last time because it messed with the team's weekly routine. Thursday night football does that by itself now. Just give every team playing on Thursday a bye before hand. This is the exact solution. They can even take it a step further and make all Thursday games divisional rivals. That should mitigate some of the garbage games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Ugh, anyone but Fox. CBS' production quality and announcers are a notch or two better than Fox's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I almost never watch Thursday night football unless the Bills are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Fact: TNF games have fewer injuries than Sunday games and fewer injuries for the teams playing in them after their previous Sunday game. Fact: TNF is still a ratings bonanza for the NFL--more so than MNF. But carry on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I don't know what all the crying is about. I love TNF, it means the weekend is coming and I'm watching football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 6 hours ago, sullim4 said: Ugh, anyone but Fox. CBS' production quality and announcers are a notch or two better than Fox's. Yeah, and when is FOX going to get rid of the robots. I ‘m talking about the CGI robots, not the studio crew or the announcers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kelly the Dog Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) Fox paid average of 660m per year til 2022. About 100m per year above the last contract. I guess the NFL is not dead. Edited January 31, 2018 by Kelly the Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Wiz Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Honestly any network other than NFLN is good for the league. Having the games on NFLN probably cut down on a lot of viewers since it was a pay for service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, The Wiz said: Honestly any network other than NFLN is good for the league. Having the games on NFLN probably cut down on a lot of viewers since it was a pay for service. Most of the TNF games on NFLN were also broadcast on CBS or NBC depending on what crew was assigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, 26CornerBlitz said: Most of the TNF games on NFLN were also broadcast on CBS or NBC depending on what crew was assigned. That was only for the local markets I thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 Just now, The Wiz said: That was only for the local markets I thought? Not the case. That's MNF you're thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 But I thought a lot of people got their feelings hurt by players kneeling for the anthem and tuned out? Ratings are down across the board for all TV programming. There goes that meme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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