Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends

Explore news, videos, and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Goodell says league expanding prime time games

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL is increasing the number of Thursday night games so more of its teams can play in prime time.

    Commissioner Roger Goodell said that there will be Thursday night games on the NFL Network from the second to the 15th week of the season, giving all of the league's teams a chance to appear in prime time on some outlet.

    Those games will be in addition to the usual Sunday night and Monday night games, which tend to feature teams coming off good seasons.

    Goodell revealed the television scheduling change at his state of the NFL news conference Friday.

    He sidestepped a question about expanding the regular season schedule, saying it's something that would have to be evaluated along with the players.

     

    24 comments

    • William  •  3 mths ago
      Apparently the NFL is doing so well that they don't need all the fans that they have. First the sport goes non contact, and then they want to charge us to watch a flag football game. I'm not sure what world Roger lives in, but he needs to get back to reality.
      • Beavis 3 mths ago
        doesn't matter what roger thinks...the owners tell him what to think and what to say....the owners know it's easier to sell coming out of his mouth than jerry jones' horse mouth
      • iwantthis 3 mths ago
        well I for 1 love football and glad more Thursday games. Yahoo
      • DD Sims 3 mths ago
        I was eating dinner reading your comment.......it made me laugh that I almost spit my food out. Too funny!
    • 1980's Boingo Man  •  Cedar Park, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      The goal eventually is to have all people watching an NFL game pay a direct fee to the league. No more Fox, CBS, NBC and ESPN games. The NFL network will charge you every time you watch, and they will still put a million commercials on the telecast.
      • JamesN 3 mths ago
        Then I won't be watching NFL since I don't waste my money on cable or satellite TV.
    • Chuck  •  Tulsa, Oklahoma  •  3 mths ago
      As soon as all of the games are only on cable I can become an ex- NFL fan. They have priced me out of the stadium and are trying to price me out of the TV games.
    • Mike  •  3 mths ago
      Goodell needs to get Time Warner to carry the games. Without all the cable companies buying in, its not National TV Games!!!
    • smokey  •  3 mths ago
      More games I won't watch.
    • jerry orbach  •  3 mths ago
      its no accident that thursday games are on NFL network! they are moving to eventually have most games on NFL network so you will need to PAY to see them!
      • Camo 3 mths ago
        Or you can just get DirecTV and get it for free
      • jerry orbach 3 mths ago
        #1 direct TV is not free!
        #2 direct TV is not allowed in my apartment building!
    • aaaaaa  •  Mt Hamilton, California  •  3 mths ago
      Yay for screwing over fantasy football!
      • JamesN 3 mths ago
        What difference does it make if the teams play on Sunday or Thursday?
      • Stonie Rocks 3 mths ago
        The only difference it makes is you have to make your decisions (in some positions) early on Thur instead of Early on Sunday. Real problems? I know, right =) haha
    • Stanley  •  3 mths ago
      What a schmuck. By 2020, every game will be in a pay package. No more free NFL. We need a new league - Football League for Fans - with a real salary cap, affordable tickets, minimal replays and fewer penalties. If Goodell is such a business genuis why doesnt he demand switching the SB to be played a week later, so some people and kids (future fan base, d-bag) can have that Monday off, Presidents Day?? The league continues its slide downhill.
    • chad  •  Moline, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      so the average fan can't afford to go to a game lets put it on our overpriced network on a weeknight that last till who knows when and feel like crap at our jobs the next day to afford it instead of like friday night they just want more money they dont give a thing about the fans
    • Sherman Oaks  •  3 mths ago
      These TV deals are ridiculous. In this day of modern technology, you can watch anything you want live, from anywhere on earth. But in the world of the NFL, you are forced to watch whatever game the network decides to show. Unless your local team is playing, then you are forced to watch them. Unless they didn't sell out, then you are forced to watch some other game that the league decides you must watch. Unless you pay for DirecTV Sunday Ticket. But even if you pay $400 per year for that, the league won't let you watch your fave team if they didn't sell out.
      This is all so lame. just let me watch whatever game I want. I'll even pay for it. Just don't FORCE games upon us. Goodell doesn't get it. For example, Packers and Bears fans might like that "storied rivalry," but nobody else cares.
    • Jason  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      More Thursday Games = More shortened weeks for the players = Less Rest = More Injuries for the players. Way to go Mr. Goodell!!
    • DD Sims  •  3 mths ago
      Goodell looks soft.
    • AgentUtah  •  3 mths ago
      "So more of its teams can play in prime time" is otherwise translated as "so the league can charge cable and satellite companies higher rates to carry the NFL Network."
    • ScottyG  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Don't have or want NFL network.
    • Beavis  •  3 mths ago
      this is jerry jones' baby....nfl network....eventually there will be no more games on free tv
    • Mike  •  3 mths ago
      I have NFL network and I tend to skip the Thursday night games. I can't recall a game worth watching that has been on Thursday.
    • Frederick  •  3 mths ago
      Means more money for the teams but I hope that the games are on regular TV and not the NFL network.
    • Annmarie  •  Moreno Valley, California  •  3 mths ago
      goodell when are you gonna decide to put a team in L A. CA.we're waiting sir.
      • Sherman Oaks 3 mths ago
        You're waiting for what? Traffic jams? Fan apathy? $100 per ticket? Whoever your favorite team is, are you gonna just forget about them and start being a fan of an L.A. team. NO ONE in l.a. wants a team. You and Goodell are the only ones who think so.
    • DD Sims  •  3 mths ago
      The only reason the NFL survives is because of television dollars and their antitrust exemption from Congress which prevents another league from playing along side the NFL in the fall. Haven't any of you ever wondered why start up leagues always have to play in the spring and the summer??? The NFL has a monopoly on the fall season thanks to the antitrust exemption from congress.
    • jeff  •  Norwalk, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      I for one will turn the games off at 10:00PM.
    [ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]
    [ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]
    Loading...