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re: NFL "exploring" playing a game on "Thanksgiving Eve"

Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:56 am to
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 11:56 am to
They’re killing the value of Sunday ticket with all the premier games in other time slots now…
Posted by Champagne
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 12:03 pm to
Not a bad idea, if I may say so myself.
Posted by holdmuh keystonelite
Member since Oct 2020
4614 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 12:26 pm to
I would love it. The more the games the better on Wednesdays and Thursdays since those are the only days I'm off.
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
29616 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 12:38 pm to
I think college football should put some games on Sundays. Maybe have 1 SEC and 1 B10 game. I think many fans are starting to tire of NFL. Every game is riddled with ref complaints. And I think enough NFL fans would watch something else if available.

Hit em right in their bread and butter Sundays. NFL is already moving to more and more college days as is, so let’s turn this around.

I would love college football on Sat/Sun.
Posted by St Augustine
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 12:42 pm to
I’d honestly rather one on thanksgiving eve than thanksgiving night.
Posted by Rds21275
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 1:17 pm to
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Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
16602 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 1:27 pm to
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Just making up frick arse holidays now

So you don’t celebrate Groundhog Day Eve? Must be the life of the party Mr Fancy.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
36063 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 2:06 pm to
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It's too much. There are already three games on Thursday and one on Black Friday. Get rid of the Black Friday game and leave that to CFB then.



Agreed, I don't like it either but I am just hoping that the NFL has a little bit of foresight on this
Posted by Indiangensing
Member since Nov 2017
2360 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 2:25 pm to
Just have a game every day of the week...
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30092 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 2:50 pm to
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They need to chill. 3 games on Thanksgiving Day is perfectly fine. Thanksgiving monday-wednesday is prime college basketball preseason tournament time and sets the table for a great sports week as the cfb regular season comes to an end. They have already encroached on Christmas Day (the games this past season all sucked). Not to mention all these stupid international games. Goodell sucks.


I’m with you. I don’t need NFL 24-7. The variety of watching Feast Week CBB games, plus the NFL on Thursday with the Egg Bowl at night was great. The NFL is monopolizing every day of remote significance at this point. I don’t care to tune into the Cardinals v Falcons on “Thanksgiving Eve”.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:05 pm to
I hate how watered down NFL sunday afternoons and evenings are during the last 6ish weeks of the season.

Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30092 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:10 pm to
And even with that, they still killed off primetime Thursday CFB. It’s all been cheapened.
Posted by habz007
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2007
4987 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 3:31 pm to
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People will complain about it from now until the day before Thanksgiving, but they'll watch the game and be happy that it's on. And the NFL knows that they all will, so they'll keep putting games on Wednesdays too.


I and we clearly don’t want to see weekly Wednesday games, but if you’re going to pick 1 Wednesday, that’s certainly the one.

Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is maybe the best unofficial holiday of the year. Viewership would be massive (and that’s what they care about), and the night of the week never changes.

I’m ok with it, they’ll just have to work the two teams bye weeks around it which should be easy enough.

I’d personally love to go to a Wednesday night Saints game knowing tomorrow is Thanksgiving and no work.
Posted by ImJustaBoy
Member since Oct 2023
1922 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 4:58 pm to
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2-5 & 16-17, already don't do TNF for W18; but the TNF games in weeks 6-15 should be much better.

This could easily be fixed if they just allow for 2 bye weeks.
This post was edited on 3/11/26 at 4:59 pm
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54743 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 5:29 pm to
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The NFL is monopolizing every day of remote significance at this point


No one forces people to watch… it’s just usually better than everything else on the schedule for that night
Posted by Addison Tiger
Antwerp, Belgium
Member since Jul 2005
803 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:37 pm to
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Just have a game every day of the week...


Actually not a bad idea, you’d have to figure out spacing in the schedules but I bet you could do it…
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14718 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 8:52 pm to
shite…. I can say all kinds of snarky shite about the NFL but hell….. I’d watch it
Posted by burgeman
Member since Jun 2008
10562 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:21 pm to
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making up frick arse holidays now


Now wait a minute, I created a holiday back in college called Thanksgivinapalooza. Sold shirts and everything, so it's official. It is still celebrated to this day in Hammond
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30092 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 9:27 pm to
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No one forces people to watch… it’s just usually better than everything else on the schedule for that night


I’d rather watch a solid CBB matchup in a tournament or a CFB rivalry game. I guess I’m in the minority, and that’s why the NFL will strong-arm its way into another night time slot. Watching 2-3 games on Thanksgiving is enough to entertain me. I don’t need constant stimulation from The Shield.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
54743 posts
Posted on 3/11/26 at 10:00 pm to
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I guess I’m in the minority,


Yeah NFL is the only sport that gets big numbers for people who aren’t fans of either team playing
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