10-21-2015, 07:04 PM
(10-21-2015, 03:24 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Players have about 100 hundred hours to recover from a Sunday game. It is ridiculous. But the players agreed to it because of extra revenue.
If they absolutely HAVE to have Thursday games then it should always involve teams coming off a bye week. The problem with that is that the league only has bye weeks from week 4 through 11.
The simple solution is to have 2 games on several Thursdays after bye weeks. ... (1) an "early" Eastern Time game (5:00 ET) and (2) an "early" pacific Time game (5:30 PT).
Gtanted, the viewing audience way out west will be limited for #1 but with the ability to watch TV on smartphones, etc., the NFL will still get viewers. And, if your favorite team is playing and you live in a western time zone, you could always take a few houors off of work and watch the game in your local watering hole.
