FC: nfl cancels Sunday Night Football this week.

[BobPSU92]

See the link below. From the article:

"The NFL has canceled the final Sunday night football game of the season. Don't worry, no one was going to watch anyway.

Next Sunday's game had two disadvantages: The games all had a likelihood of being dull by the time Sunday night rolled around. And this coming Sunday is New Year's Eve, a day when historically few Americans watch television."

And,

"Since the last Sunday night football game also happens to be the final game of the season, the NFL tries to schedule a game that will definitely have playoff implications for one or both of the teams playing. (A team that already made the playoffs might sit their starters, leading to an exceptionally boring game.)

This season, there were no such games that met the NFL's criteria on the final week's schedule. The NFL, which hadn't yet announced which teams would play Sunday night, would have either scheduled a game that had a chance of being a snooze or a game that already had no playoff implications at all.

Instead, there will be seven games scheduled for 1 p.m. and an unusually high nine games scheduled for 4:25 p.m. kickoffs. There won't be an 8:30 p.m. game this year."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/media/nfl-sunday-night-football/index.html

 

[interrobang]

That's kind of misleading. With enough games with playoff ramifications but none worth featuring, they just moved all those games to the 4pm slots so all those games could occur at the same time.

 

[78SweetRevenge]

That's kind of misleading. With enough games with playoff ramifications but none worth featuring, they just moved all those games to the 4pm slots so all those games could occur at the same time.

Correct

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

See the link below. From the article:

"The NFL has canceled the final Sunday night football game of the season. Don't worry, no one was going to watch anyway.

Next Sunday's game had two disadvantages: The games all had a likelihood of being dull by the time Sunday night rolled around. And this coming Sunday is New Year's Eve, a day when historically few Americans watch television."

And,

"Since the last Sunday night football game also happens to be the final game of the season, the NFL tries to schedule a game that will definitely have playoff implications for one or both of the teams playing. (A team that already made the playoffs might sit their starters, leading to an exceptionally boring game.)

This season, there were no such games that met the NFL's criteria on the final week's schedule. The NFL, which hadn't yet announced which teams would play Sunday night, would have either scheduled a game that had a chance of being a snooze or a game that already had no playoff implications at all.

Instead, there will be seven games scheduled for 1 p.m. and an unusually high nine games scheduled for 4:25 p.m. kickoffs. There won't be an 8:30 p.m. game this year."

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/media/nfl-sunday-night-football/index.html

Too. Much. Kneeling!!!

 

[BobPSU92]

Too. Much. Kneeling!!!

NO. FOOTBALL.

 

[LionJim]

I'm not sure to what extent this was discussed, but a primary reason they moved the games' starting times was to prevent a team from taking advantage of an earlier result and, for example, sitting their starters because their closest rival in the standings lost an earlier game. On the final day of the English Premier League season, all ten matches kick off at the same time.

 

[LionJim]

Too. Much. Kneeling!!!

NO. LOWER. CASE. LETTERS.

 

[BobPSU92]

NO. LOWER. CASE. LETTERS.

THANK. YOU.

 

[HazletonLion]

I'm not sure to what extent this was discussed, but a primary reason they moved the games' starting times was to prevent a team from taking advantage of an earlier result and, for example, sitting their starters because their closest rival in the standings lost an earlier game. On the final day of the English Premier League season, all ten matches kick off at the same time.

That's exactly why they did it.

 

[Woodpecker]

I don't think that they played Sunday night last year either. It looks like it could have been played this year if they could have found a meaningful game that didn't affect other teams (as described above) but there probably wasn't one. Not sure how that's spelled out with the contract with NBC.

 

[Obliviax]

Too. Much. Kneeling!!!

Well, the good news is that the NFL nailed that free speech "Christmas Cleats" right in the bud. They found the time, in their busy schedules, to fine Alvin Kamara for wearing Christmas Cleats.

So much for free speech, I guess.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Well, the good news is that the NFL nailed that free speech "Christmas Cleats" right in the bud. They found the time, in their busy schedules, to fine Alvin Kamara for wearing Christmas Cleats.

So much for free speech, I guess.

Didn’t see that! Those. Are. Awesome.

 

[Erial_Lion]

I don't think that they played Sunday night last year either. It looks like it could have been played this year if they could have found a meaningful game that didn't affect other teams (as described above) but there probably wasn't one. Not sure how that's spelled out with the contract with NBC.

Redskins-Giants was Sunday night in week 17 last year.

 

[BobPSU92]

Well, the good news is that the NFL nailed that free speech "Christmas Cleats" right in the bud. They found the time, in their busy schedules, to fine Alvin Kamara for wearing Christmas Cleats.

So much for free speech, I guess.

Someone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas could be offended.