[Brock Landers]

I know they did this at first because of some dumb luck, but i can't exactly remember why. Anyone recall the reasoning?

[ridims]

Because they want yo monies

[Brock Landers]

Because they want yo monies

thanks for the serious answer fucko

[Chi_archie]

did they have a scheduling conflict with some city that had two teams that were playing in the same stadium?

i'm not sure how far back this goes though

I would just think it makes scheduling a little easier since no one is on a bye, beyond that good way to get fans from all time zones Hooked in!

not sure the exact answer though, sorry

[Big Bear]

the reason is b/c it's the opening week of the season and it adds excitement.

[Brock Landers]

this is why...due to the freak occurance of Hurricane Katrina, just as when they moved the Super Bowl to February after 9/11, that too was a freak occurance they kept to this day..

• In September 2005, the New Orleans Saints vacated from the Louisiana Superdome in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and were forced to move a scheduled Sunday afternoon home game against the New York Giants from New Orleans to Monday night at Giants Stadium. In a unique television doubleheader, the Saints–Giants game started at 7:30 p.m. Eastern and the first half aired on ABC; at 9 p.m. the game shifted to ESPN while ABC began its regularly scheduled MNF game of the Washington Redskinsvisiting the Dallas Cowboys (the Saints-Giants game was seen in its entirety in New York, Louisiana and other hurricane-affected areas on ABC, with the regularly scheduledMNF game shown on ESPN until the end of the first game). ABC and ESPN interspersed both games with an on-air telethon to raise money for aid to the hurricane's victims. The last two minutes of the second quarter and the entirety of the second half were not seen in Canada, as TSN, the cable network that held the rights to ESPN NFL games but not to MNF, chose instead to air WWE's Monday Night Raw (the highest rated show on basic USA cable), and ABC had switched to the start of the Dallas-Washington game. (TSN no longer has the rights to show Monday Night Raw and now shows all MNF games without interruption.)
• A change in the television contracts in 2006 prompted a significant change in the opening week. On September 11, 2006, the NFL staged its first scheduled Monday night doubleheader on the opening weekend of the season, with both games shown on ESPN. The Minnesota Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins, 19–16, in a game that started at 7 p.m. ET, and the San Diego Chargers topped the Oakland Raiders, 27–0, in a game that started at 10:15. ESPN broadcast a second doubleheader on September 10, 2007. The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Baltimore Ravens, 27–20, followed by the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Arizona Cardinals, 20–17. The Cardinals–49ers game was delayed until 10:25 p.m. because the Ravens–Bengals game went beyond the allotted time. When the first game had still not ended by 10:25, the opening kickoff was moved to ESPN2. ESPN and ESPN2 simulcast roughly one minute of playing time of the second game immediately after the first game ended.

[frogsrangers]

hype

[Brock Landers]

hype

nope

[ridims]

thanks for the serious answer fucko

i want you to eat a burrito and film yourself eating it along with tonight picks.


and .. GO

[PaperTrail07]

because in 2006 most games moved to cable and people didnt get to see enough Football...so they started a Double Monday Night...

[PaperTrail07]

or from the NFL.......... Starting in 2006, when the series moved to cable, two games are played on the opening Monday night to capitalize on fan interest during "Kickoff Weekend".

[jgray]

If I read the explanation right "a change in the television contract," isn't the correct answer above "they want yo monies?"

[Chi_archie]

glad they do it, no matter what

I'd like to see it happen once per month or something

[FindTheLock]

A better question is why don't they play 3.

[crustyme]

so you can lose twice?

[QuangX]

Brock what your play tonight?

[convick]

why not?

[crustyme]

so you'd have something to chase with after you lose the 1st game?

[19th Hole]

The game so nice
They play it twice