re: Why isn’t the Super Bowl on Saturday?

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Ok. So Sunday at 5:30 CST is the most optimal time for ratings? I have no idea if it is or isn't. And neither did the OP apparently when he asked this question.

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"That [idea] has been around for a long time, people have talked about that," Goodell said of moving the Super Bowl to a Saturday. "The reason we haven't done it in the past is simply just from an audience standpoint. The audiences on Sunday night are so much larger. Fans want to have the best opportunity to be able to see the game and we want to give that to them, so Sunday night is a better night."

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That being said, if there's one solution that could make everyone happy, it's putting the game on the Sunday before Presidents Day. Most people have that Monday off, so you get all the fun of a Saturday night Super Bowl, but with the game being played on a Sunday. Although it's unlikely this would happen under the NFL's current format -- because it would mean starting the season two weeks later -- the Presidents Day weekend Super Bowl could be possible if the league ever decides to extend the regular season to 18 games or if a second bye was added to the regular season schedule.

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