How the hell did the Bengals lose to the Patriots?

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(09-20-2024, 11:25 AM)J24 Wrote: Sports broadcasting act of 1961

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_1961

What they probably will end up doing is having the team's have a bye week the week before the Thursday night game.

Great info, thank you for the education!

While part of me says, "Who cares about attendance for high school and college football?" I get that the schools (heavily) depend on attendance at football games with cost of admission, concessions, etc.

However, I think it's mentioned in that link how to get an exception to that rule, plus it would expand the NFL's viewership globally...have the Friday/Saturday games in another country.
If that's too difficult to do, I think having the extra game on Monday instead of Thursday would also be a better solution because high school and college don't play on Mondays.
They can stagger the game times to allow for people to technically tune into both games at least for some time.

Your idea of teams having a bye before a Thursday game also makes sense, although it still means NFL games on Thursdays.