On Thursday, The NFL Schedule Will Be Released; No Longer Are All Clubs Guaranteed A Game in Prime Time
Because everything involving the NFL is significant, announcing the NFL schedule has gained considerable attention.
It is a significant problem to even schedule the release. The NFL later confirmed that the schedule would be revealed at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday, contrary to a rumor that suggested the league might need more time to be prepared to disclose it.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN and Peter King of NBC Sports, there will be some noticeable alterations to the schedule. The late afternoon games will be more adaptable.
According to King, networks with late afternoon games can now carry a game from either conference. However, for many years, CBS had AFC games, and Fox moved NFC games (for inter-conference games, the away team decided the network). Better matches will result in a late slot.
There will be a “Black Friday” game the day after Thanksgiving for the first time.”
Adam Schefter
Schefter further said that there would no longer be a guarantee that every NFL club would play at least one prime-time game per season, another change ostensibly intended to boost the caliber of prime-time games.
That’s probably connected to clubs being permitted to participate in “Thursday Night Football” twice throughout the season instead of just once. In March, NFL owners decided to approve that regulation.
The NFL gave every team a prime-time game for many seasons. That caused some undesirable matches; several were scheduled for Thursday nights.
While it can be challenging to forecast which teams will be vital when the NFL releases its schedule in May, the regulation deprives a club of a marquee game it might otherwise have in its season.
Only some big-market clubs receive most of Major League Baseball‘s national television coverage, which doesn’t help in areas where the sport seems underappreciated. Despite prime-time regulation, the NFL has always done a remarkable job bridging the gap between large and small spaces.
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