Mike in Horseheads Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) NFL owners have approved flexing for "Thursday Night Football" starting this season during Weeks 13 through 17. The change passed by a 24-8 vote, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, with the New York Giants, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers voting against it. Why did Pegula vote for this??? "Its all bout the fans " my ass Edited May 22 by Mike in Horseheads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 NFL owners are beholden to one thing only…the almighty dollar. Broadcast partners pay a lot of $$$$. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Matter_What Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: NFL owners have approved flexing for "Thursday Night Football" starting this season during Weeks 13 through 17. The change passed by a 24-8 vote, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, with the New York Giants, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers voting against it. Why didn't Pegula vote for this??? "Its all bout the fans " my ass I am confused by your post. Pegula did vote for the change, didn't he? Edited May 22 by No_Matter_What 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 3 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said: I am confused by your post. Pegula did vote for the change, didn't he? Good point AND I will edit should be why did 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 28 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Why did Pegula vote for this??? "Its all bout the fans " my ass You got rid of the goat, and got a donkey?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 (edited) Flexing for crappy TNF makes sense. Either get rid of TNF altogether ( won’t happen) or have flexing so we don’t see DEN vs AZ or whatever. Edited May 22 by Boatdrinks 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 🤮 Wish Terry was on the other side, even though it wouldn't make a difference. Especially since Buf has a good chance to be flexed But really the Bengals are the only team consistently good team that voted NO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 5 minutes ago, JerseyBills said: 🤮 Wish Terry was on the other side, even though it wouldn't make a difference. Especially since Buf has a good chance to be flexed But really the Bengals are the only team consistently good team that voted NO Yay....just what I want the Bills to have late in the season...short rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsGospel2014 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 43 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: NFL owners have approved flexing for "Thursday Night Football" starting this season during Weeks 13 through 17. The change passed by a 24-8 vote, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter, with the New York Giants, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Las Vegas Raiders, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers voting against it. Why did Pegula vote for this??? "Its all bout the fans " my ass He didnt become a billionaire listening to the likes of us that's for sure. 2 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 49 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Why did Pegula vote for this??? "Its all bout the fans " my ass What's the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Just now, MJS said: What's the issue? They call this a regional franchise, people make plans from all over the country for a Sunday game. Now it gets moved to Thursday Night , thats my issue. It's not all about the fans as Roger would say its about the $$ 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldwaide Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 They have to give a four week notice. Plenty of time to adjust travel plans. 1 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 Bills: Week 13 bye Week 14 Chiefs, Sun Week 15 Cowboys, Sun Week 16 Chargers, Sat Week 17 Pats, Sun No way NFL is flexing Week 15 for Bills with a game on Sat. Bills will not be flexed weeks 13, 15 & 16. That leaves possibly weeks 14 & 17. But Pats suck so only week 14 may be in play but CBS may select that game so this may not impact the Bills at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GETTOTHE50 Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 54 minutes ago, JerseyBills said: 🤮 Wish Terry was on the other side, even though it wouldn't make a difference. Especially since Buf has a good chance to be flexed But really the Bengals are the only team consistently good team that voted NO Bengals vote no for everything. Ralph was the same way 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 1 hour ago, Mike in Horseheads said: They call this a regional franchise, people make plans from all over the country for a Sunday game. Now it gets moved to Thursday Night , thats my issue. It's not all about the fans as Roger would say its about the $$ Most fans watch on TV, so really it is about fans enjoying the only game on TV for that Thursday instead of having to watch some garbage match-up. They make more money, get better ratings, and fans get to watch a better game. Win-win-win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Whatever they can do to give us more primetime Russel Wilson and Daniel Jones. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, Mr Info said: Bills: Week 13 bye Week 14 Chiefs, Sun Week 15 Cowboys, Sun Week 16 Chargers, Sat Week 17 Pats, Sun No way NFL is flexing Week 15 for Bills with a game on Sat. Bills will not be flexed weeks 13, 15 & 16. That leaves possibly weeks 14 & 17. But Pats suck so only week 14 may be in play but CBS may select that game so this may not impact the Bills at all. 16 is a PPV on Peacock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Digg? Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, Mr Info said: Bills: Week 13 bye Week 14 Chiefs, Sun Week 15 Cowboys, Sun Week 16 Chargers, Sat Week 17 Pats, Sun No way NFL is flexing Week 15 for Bills with a game on Sat. Bills will not be flexed weeks 13, 15 & 16. That leaves possibly weeks 14 & 17. But Pats suck so only week 14 may be in play but CBS may select that game so this may not impact the Bills at all. There’s absolutely no chance the NFL would flex Bill Chiefs to a Thursday night. They aren’t having 2 of their top teams play on a short week-they want all week to hype that game up and give both teams a chance to have all of their starters ready to go 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterStrategist Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 3 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said: They call this a regional franchise, people make plans from all over the country for a Sunday game. Now it gets moved to Thursday Night , thats my issue. It's not all about the fans as Roger would say its about the $$ Not sure what is difficult for you to grasp: 1. 4 week scheduling notice: this is plenty of time for fans, players, coaches, team personell/etc to adjust, if a game is flexed. 2. Quality of games: no fan wants to watch a meaningless Thursday night game late in the season. Let me ask, if your options are in Week 14, to watch the following on Thursday primetime, which would you pick? Game 1: team A 3-10 VS Team B 5-8 OR Game 2: team C 8-5 VS Team D 9-4 To me it's obvious. I'm picking Game 2 all day. And it is about the $$$ and the fans, BOTH. It's something that is a win-win. Better quality games as a fan, more viewership ($$s, which is part of revenue sharing and impacts future cap ceiling), for the tradeoff of potentially having to reschedule a hotel, sell/buy tix, and/or change vacation schedule. Easy decision. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Immediate though - the trial basis is already over and it will expand in 2024. Second thought - all 32 owners are for it but they knew eight could save face with their fan bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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