NFL - Sunday Flex Schedule. Tougher or Easier for Chasers?
Here is the new plan for the Sunday night games starting on week 10.
After reading that. I ask you this.
Will it be tougher or easier for Sunday Night chasers starting week 10? Since the games are suppost to be prime match ups. Tighter/sharper lines perhaps?
After reading that. I ask you this.
Will it be tougher or easier for Sunday Night chasers starting week 10? Since the games are suppost to be prime match ups. Tighter/sharper lines perhaps?
New Sunday Night Game Plan
April 6, 2006
The NFL has unveiled its plan for eliminating not-ready-for-prime-time matchups that often sneaked onto national television.
The league plans to hold off scheduling Sunday night games in seven of the final eight weeks as playoff races start heating up to ensure the best games are played on NBC's new Sunday night package.
For Weeks 10-15 and Week 17, the final regular season weekend, all Sunday games will be listed with start times of 1 p.m. or 4:05-4:15 p.m. The league must then announce which game will be played Sunday night at least 12 days before the date of the game.
The exception is the season finale on Dec. 31, when the switch must be made no later than six days before.
Only Sunday games are subject to the flexible schedule that is part of the NFL's $3.6 billion contract with NBC for the Sunday night package.
CBS, which does the AFC games, and Fox, which does the NFC, each has the option to protect five games during the seven weeks of flexible scheduling, but can't protect more than one game a week.
Week 16 is Christmas weekend and no game will be switched.
To make the system more flexible, up to three teams each season will be allowed a bonus sixth prime-time appearance. All others will be limited to a maximum of five, including on ESPN's Monday night package and the late-season Saturday or Thursday games on NFL Network.
April 6, 2006
The NFL has unveiled its plan for eliminating not-ready-for-prime-time matchups that often sneaked onto national television.
The league plans to hold off scheduling Sunday night games in seven of the final eight weeks as playoff races start heating up to ensure the best games are played on NBC's new Sunday night package.
For Weeks 10-15 and Week 17, the final regular season weekend, all Sunday games will be listed with start times of 1 p.m. or 4:05-4:15 p.m. The league must then announce which game will be played Sunday night at least 12 days before the date of the game.
The exception is the season finale on Dec. 31, when the switch must be made no later than six days before.
Only Sunday games are subject to the flexible schedule that is part of the NFL's $3.6 billion contract with NBC for the Sunday night package.
CBS, which does the AFC games, and Fox, which does the NFC, each has the option to protect five games during the seven weeks of flexible scheduling, but can't protect more than one game a week.
Week 16 is Christmas weekend and no game will be switched.
To make the system more flexible, up to three teams each season will be allowed a bonus sixth prime-time appearance. All others will be limited to a maximum of five, including on ESPN's Monday night package and the late-season Saturday or Thursday games on NFL Network.