Goodell: Thursday Night expansion to 13 games in 2012 (1 Viewer)

[netnalp]

Roger Goodell announced at his press conference today that starting next season, NFL Network will have Thursday Night Football Week 2-15, minus Thanksgiving Night.

Also that every team will be guaranteed a prime time game per season.

http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2012/2/3/2768815/thursday-night-football-schedule-nfl-netowrk

 

[crowe1130]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

 

[benson_will_lead_the_way]

Good for NFL, bad for FF owners

 

[Addai's Adidas]

This just guarantees that more crappy games will be on the NFL network if EVERY team gets a primetimegame. Good. I don't have NFL network.

 

[Tackling Dummies]

Love it.

 

[Godsbrother]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

I heard this morning that Goodell is talking that if/when Los Angeles gets a team it will be through expansion instead of relocation and that it would have to be a 2-team expansion.

 

[Shutout]

Ugh, I hate this. I really don't want to spend my entire season basically absorbed in every ankle sprain 5 days out of the week.

And I really can't wait (sarcasm) for those juicy Jax@ Seattle type matchups that, without fF, I wouldn't even check the score on until Sunday morning. But of course, as the fF gods decree, I will catch every one of these matchups in the week I play the MJD, the Seattle defense, the Rams on that one week where they actually play decent.

And I hate it for the people that don't have NFL Network. In my area, I have a lot of buddies that have to port out to a bar or gather at someone else's house just to catch these games and that's fun and cool ONCE or TWICE a week, but three times? And especially if there is basically a sucky no-contest game that people ordinarily wouldn't care about.

Have I said enough about this to make me feel better yet? Man, don't like this at all.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

I heard this morning that Goodell is talking that if/when Los Angeles gets a team it will be through expansion instead of relocation and that it would have to be a 2-team expansion.

LA and London, England

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

And BTW

Thursday night football rules.

 

[zed2283]

Ugh, I hate this. I really don't want to spend my entire season basically absorbed in every ankle sprain 5 days out of the week.

This sucks. Just like everything Goodell does.

 

[Godsbrother]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

I heard this morning that Goodell is talking that if/when Los Angeles gets a team it will be through expansion instead of relocation and that it would have to be a 2-team expansion.

LA and London, England

What about Egypt?

 

[Stinkin Ref]

so no night game on Thanksgiving...?....that blows...

or is another network getting the night game that night...?

 

[morris4903]

so no night game on Thanksgiving...?....that blows...or is another network getting the night game that night...?

NBC gets the Thanksgiving night game.

 

[RBM]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

I heard this morning that Goodell is talking that if/when Los Angeles gets a team it will be through expansion instead of relocation and that it would have to be a 2-team expansion.

Thats a major problem

 

[Leroy Hoard]

so no night game on Thanksgiving...?....that blows...or is another network getting the night game that night...?

NBC gets the Thanksgiving night game.

Triple header on broadcast TV.

 

[mad sweeney]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

Great, another bunch of games I won't be able to watch because of work. #### you Roger.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I wish they would do a few more doubleheaders on Monday nights like they do opening weekend now. Two MNF games is awesome.

 

[krsone21]

More thursday night games = win.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I wish they would do a few more doubleheaders on Monday nights like they do opening weekend now. Two MNF games is awesome.

I agree. an east coast/west coast DH is perfect. It also helps comebacks for fantasy owners.

 

[cheese]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

 

[Carl Eller's Dead Liver]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

I agree....what's with all the whiny little B's around here lately? Everyone complains about every little thing. Must be that time of the month or a bunch of Packers fans still salt over the Giants loss even though the refs tried to hand them the game.IMO the more football I have an opportunity to watch, the better. Now I wished they'd have an equal amount of 1 PM vs 4 PM games. Six 1 PM and Six 4 pm games split evenly would make a lot more sense to me.

 

[Carter_Can_Fly]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

 

[Shutout]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

It falls under the category of "Too much of a good thing".A big part of what makes NFL Football so great is that everything they do puts it all right there in front of you at one time, with most of the action happening at the same time. Every game is critically important and its all going down on one day for the most part. And the product is strong enough to carry the weaker games of the week. It has the feeling of a shootout.But when you start spreading it out, you make it something where it drags out all weak. It slows down. Not all of the fan base has as much access to it. And, most importantly, you can't maintain the momentum of the product because its inevitable that you the quality can't possibly be there all the time. currently, if you see a 1pm game of Seahawks at JAX, you have options. But when you have one game, that's it! If the game is a clunker, it is. Over the years, its hit or miss on MNF to pick a good schedule. Now the NFL has to double that? Spreading it out takes the NFL and turns it from a weekly "mini-March madness, opening round" feel and turns it into a "major League baseball" feel where it drags...and drags...and some games get all the attention while others are completely "MEH". So, just too much and it risks product saturation, especially when you also have college football going.

 

[Tau837]

And, most importantly, you can't maintain the momentum of the product because its inevitable that you the quality can't possibly be there all the time. currently, if you see a 1pm game of Seahawks at JAX, you have options. But when you have one game, that's it! If the game is a clunker, it is. Over the years, its hit or miss on MNF to pick a good schedule. Now the NFL has to double that?

Could not disagree more with this. I live in a Redskins market. That means every Redskins game is televised here. That is a season worth of mostly lousy matchups. And there are not always alternatives for those without DirectTV; there is only an alternative if CBS has a game in the same time slot, and that isn't always true. And CBS doesn't always have a great matchup either.Furthermore, you don't actually have to watch a Thursday night game if you don't like the matchup. You know that, right?It's a good thing to have more football games televised. And it's a good thing that fans of every team will be able to watch their team in primetime at least once.

 

[vinwinephans]

I think it is great. The more they do to take games away from Sunday's 1's and 4's, the less need there is to buy sunday ticket!

I'd also love to see Monday Night DH's be the norm.

 

[Dexter Manley]

I think Goodell is a lousy commish. But he just scored a few points in my book. This is awesome. Now I can watch something other than the usual crappy cfb game on Thursdays. Good job Roger!

Also, Espn can't be happy about this right? This will hurt their cfb ratings on Thursday.

Finally, this is the best thing that could happen for people whose cable doesn't currently off NLFN.

 

[Jake22]

I'm gonna take the fantasy angle and say it's bad.

Sure you might have an opponent play someone (or two) that night and have him tank, good for you and your fantasy matchup...but what about all those weeks when players are injured and they actually NEED the extra three days of rest to make it onto the field, otherwise they're sitting on the sidelines, this is gonna be a problem just like everything else this power hungry &%#*er has done.

So take the fantasy angle out and just be a fan of the game, I don't want to be watching teams play with some of their best players on the sideline because this &%$#er wants a thurs. game every week.

Ray Lewis said last year this guy wants a game every thursday night and it does NOT help these players at all, they can barely walk every monday, but yeah, lets make them get ready in three less days now, friggen brilliant idea.

Goodell should change the kickoff rule back to what it was since obviously he isn't taking injuries into consideration with all these thursday games.

 

[Kleck]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

RZ Channel is nice for those 8-9 early Sunday games, but I'd rather see another complete game than just scoring highlights.

 

[Kleck]

I'd also love to see Monday Night DH's be the norm.

Love opening weekend with double MNF.

 

[jonessed]

I like Thursday night games.

 

[Sienna2012]

Love or hate Roger G, he is smart. NFl product is huge and is a money making machine. There can not be enough NFL games on TV. I love Sunday,Monday, Thursday games. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ron_Mexico]

Boy do I really hate every change this guy makes.

I heard this morning that Goodell is talking that if/when Los Angeles gets a team it will be through expansion instead of relocation and that it would have to be a 2-team expansion.

LA and London, England

What about Egypt?

My sources are telling me Damascus and Pyongyang.

 

[Couch Potato]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Shortens the whole work week in my little world. Going to love having it all season long.

 

[Sienna2012]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Shortens the whole work week in my little world. Going to love having it all season long.

Amen

 

[mad sweeney]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

I agree....what's with all the whiny little B's around here lately? Everyone complains about every little thing. Must be that time of the month or a bunch of Packers fans still salt over the Giants loss even though the refs tried to hand them the game.

IMO the more football I have an opportunity to watch, the better. Now I wished they'd have an equal amount of 1 PM vs 4 PM games. Six 1 PM and Six 4 pm games split evenly would make a lot more sense to me.

That's the issue. More prime time games = less games I get to watch.

 

[KellysHeroes]

When they 1st started doing the thurs game I liked it, was pumped that the fantasy weekend would start earlier than ever before. But beginning last yr I realized the stress it was putting on the players and a lot of them just seem flat on thurs night games. They really do need 5 to 6 days to prepare and rest for a professional football game.

Roger is full of it when he says he cares for their safety while he's cutting down their rest time by adding Thursday night games, making the players travel to London and trying to extend the season by adding 2 more games.

 

[David Dodds]

Harder than hell for us content creators, but that probably creates a bigger demand for our services. As a fan I love the Thursday games. Expect 1/2 of these to show up on another network (not NFL channel) soon.

 

[HughHoney]

One step closer to 1pm Sunday games becoming nearly extinct. There's an entire time zone that sees most of the weeks games at 10am and no way they keep it like that. I think it's still a long ways away but it'll happen. One or two 1pm Sunday games will eventually become the norm.

 

[Sinrman]

I like Thursday night games.

 

[cobalt_27]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Not sure what all the whining is about. Far as I can tell, just a few too many people too souped up on the fantasy implications. If you are against football on prime time, then you really can't call yourself much of a football fan. This is a nice move. Sure it generates more revenue. That's the point, and it's better for us fans.Turn your TV off if you don't like football.

 

[cobalt_27]

One step closer to 1pm Sunday games becoming nearly extinct. There's an entire time zone that sees most of the weeks games at 10am and no way they keep it like that. I think it's still a long ways away but it'll happen. One or two 1pm Sunday games will eventually become the norm.

Paranoid much? Take a deep breath. Sunday football isn't going anywhere.

 

[Tony Jabroni]

Harder than hell for us content creators, but that probably creates a bigger demand for our services. As a fan I love the Thursday games. Expect 1/2 of these to show up on another network (not NFL channel) soon.

I friggin' hope so.

 

[yellowdog]

 

[Jake22]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Not sure what all the whining is about. Far as I can tell, just a few too many people too souped up on the fantasy implications. If you are against football on prime time, then you really can't call yourself much of a football fan. This is a nice move. Sure it generates more revenue. That's the point, and it's better for us fans.Turn your TV off if you don't like football.

I've been a bigtime football fan since the early 70's and love football and I'm as big a fan of the NFL as anyone, and this is not a nice move. The last thing I want to see is the starting QB of my favorite team limping around on one foot trying to get ready for a thursday game when he COULD'VE had three more days to heal up and play. In the NFL one game can cost you the playoffs, and that game could be an early season game that could've been won if you didn't have one or two key starters out that week because it was a midweek game.Everyone in here that likes this move is just thinking about themselves and "what else am I gonna watch on thursday night" and it's great for us fans, yeah it's great for us fans until you see key starters missing games every week on thursday.

 

[cobalt_27]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Not sure what all the whining is about. Far as I can tell, just a few too many people too souped up on the fantasy implications. If you are against football on prime time, then you really can't call yourself much of a football fan. This is a nice move. Sure it generates more revenue. That's the point, and it's better for us fans.Turn your TV off if you don't like football.

I've been a bigtime football fan since the early 70's and love football and I'm as big a fan of the NFL as anyone, and this is not a nice move. The last thing I want to see is the starting QB of my favorite team limping around on one foot trying to get ready for a thursday game when he COULD'VE had three more days to heal up and play. In the NFL one game can cost you the playoffs, and that game could be an early season game that could've been won if you didn't have one or two key starters out that week because it was a midweek game.Everyone in here that likes this move is just thinking about themselves and "what else am I gonna watch on thursday night" and it's great for us fans, yeah it's great for us fans until you see key starters missing games every week on thursday.

Seriously? Maybe you could start up a flag football league and hold a draft. That way you won't have to worry about this, and you could avoid Thursday night football like the plague all you wanted.I absolutely don't understand all the anxiety over this. It's flat out ####### awesome to get regular Thursday night games. /endthread

 

[mad sweeney]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Not sure what all the whining is about. Far as I can tell, just a few too many people too souped up on the fantasy implications. If you are against football on prime time, then you really can't call yourself much of a football fan. This is a nice move. Sure it generates more revenue. That's the point, and it's better for us fans.Turn your TV off if you don't like football.

You're obviously not reading about the people whose jobs keep them away from the TV at 5pm during the week.

 

[Carl Eller's Dead Liver]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

I agree....what's with all the whiny little B's around here lately? Everyone complains about every little thing. Must be that time of the month or a bunch of Packers fans still salt over the Giants loss even though the refs tried to hand them the game.

IMO the more football I have an opportunity to watch, the better. Now I wished they'd have an equal amount of 1 PM vs 4 PM games. Six 1 PM and Six 4 pm games split evenly would make a lot more sense to me.

That's the issue. More prime time games = less games I get to watch.

Huh?! I'm confused by this statement. You can watch only one game at any particular moment.........thus the more games that are on at different times = more games one can watch, right? Oh course if you don't have NFL Network I can see you gripe.

 

[mad sweeney]

Can't believe the reaction in here. You guys would rather have an 8th or 9th 1PM game on Sunday than have something to watch on Thursday nights?

I agree....what's with all the whiny little B's around here lately? Everyone complains about every little thing. Must be that time of the month or a bunch of Packers fans still salt over the Giants loss even though the refs tried to hand them the game.

IMO the more football I have an opportunity to watch, the better. Now I wished they'd have an equal amount of 1 PM vs 4 PM games. Six 1 PM and Six 4 pm games split evenly would make a lot more sense to me.

That's the issue. More prime time games = less games I get to watch.

Huh?! I'm confused by this statement. You can watch only one game at any particular moment.........thus the more games that are on at different times = more games one can watch, right? Oh course if you don't have NFL Network I can see you gripe.

But if the game I want to watch is on Thursday night instead of Sunday when I am not working (with the package I can watch whichever I want), then I'm s.o.l.. The more Thursday night games, the less choice on Sunday.

 

[Jake22]

And BTWThursday night football rules.

Not sure what all the whining is about. Far as I can tell, just a few too many people too souped up on the fantasy implications. If you are against football on prime time, then you really can't call yourself much of a football fan. This is a nice move. Sure it generates more revenue. That's the point, and it's better for us fans.Turn your TV off if you don't like football.

I've been a bigtime football fan since the early 70's and love football and I'm as big a fan of the NFL as anyone, and this is not a nice move. The last thing I want to see is the starting QB of my favorite team limping around on one foot trying to get ready for a thursday game when he COULD'VE had three more days to heal up and play. In the NFL one game can cost you the playoffs, and that game could be an early season game that could've been won if you didn't have one or two key starters out that week because it was a midweek game.Everyone in here that likes this move is just thinking about themselves and "what else am I gonna watch on thursday night" and it's great for us fans, yeah it's great for us fans until you see key starters missing games every week on thursday.

Seriously? Maybe you could start up a flag football league and hold a draft. That way you won't have to worry about this, and you could avoid Thursday night football like the plague all you wanted.I absolutely don't understand all the anxiety over this. It's flat out ####### awesome to get regular Thursday night games. /endthread

Um, I think I made my point about being a fan of a certain team and the fantasy side, which I care less about...It's more important to me that my real NFL team stays healthy and get to a Super Bowl, if you want to be a fantasy geek and watch football every night why don't you have drafts for the Indoor and ladies leagues...

 

[GregR]

The last thing I want to see is the starting QB of my favorite team limping around on one foot trying to get ready for a thursday game when he COULD'VE had three more days to heal up and play. In the NFL one game can cost you the playoffs, and that game could be an early season game that could've been won if you didn't have one or two key starters out that week because it was a midweek game.Everyone in here that likes this move is just thinking about themselves and "what else am I gonna watch on thursday night" and it's great for us fans, yeah it's great for us fans until you see key starters missing games every week on thursday.

What about when our favorite team picks up a win because the other team was the one who had a player who wasn't ready to play?What about when our player got injured on the previous Sunday and misses one fewer game because he had 3 more days to recover before his next game?I guess I'm just not sold on the injury aspect as being a deal breaker. Players seem to me to be excited to play Thursday night. Doesn't mean they always play well, but I think the players want prime time games. Both teams have the same short week so I don't see that it puts any team on an uneven basis.The players want the league to make more money so they are paid more money, to the point of making it a contractual obligation of the NFL to try to maximize revenues. With this change the players are getting that without having to play any more games than before, and it isn't like there's an onerous amount of Thursday games they have to play in. There's only enough Thursday slots for 3/4 of the league to even play in one each season. It seems like a pretty win-win deal for the entire NFL.If the short week is such a big issue, I'd think it would have been made a bigger deal before now. If it really is that big of an issue, then set it up so teams have Thursday games after their bye week whenever possible. That would take care of the rest issue for half of the Thursday games at least.