NFL to have Saturday games if there is no college football

[Jeremy Igo]

Didn't see a topic already, forgive me if there is one.

 

This would be a way for the NFL to effectively double television revenue all while making fall Saturdays not so sad if there isn't college football.

 

Thoughts?

[jfra78]

Makes sense.  During the college season, the NFL is not allowed to have games on Saturdays.  No college season means Saturday games

[ForJimmy]

If college gets moved back to the Spring, it would just make football season longer. That wouldn’t be so bad...

[1of10Charnatives]

Not that I got any love for the shield but this seems like a win win to me. NFL gets to pick up extra revenue, fans get something to cover the lack of college football, players aren't asked to play any more games than usual, where's the downs.....

*narrows eyes*

wait a minute...

If there aren't any more games than usual, but they are putting a bunch of them on Saturday instead of Sunday, then that means there will just be national tv audiences for games that wouldn't normally have them...

So instead of the whole country watching Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State on Saturday, the whole country is watching the Browns play the Bungles, the Dolphins vs Jets and the Redskins vs the Lions. And we'll all watch anyway cause we're desperate. And the NFL makes even more money somehow for inflicting this upon us.

@#%ing coronavirus.

Just give me a big bowl of Ebola Zaire and let's get it over with.

[KillerKat]

The Thursday games need to be moved to Saturday anyway

[Panthera onca]

I would love it. I wouldn’t have to work hungover on Monday due to tailgating on Sunday and going to the games.

[nctarheelreincarnated]

It would suck if you're a CFB fan like myself. But, the way it's looking and the ignorance behind all of this poo, it wouldn't shock me if CFB played on Saturday's this fall. 

[kungfoodude]

I don't want to lose college football but I will not be upset by having more NFL options.

[bababoey]

If they move the college season to the spring how are they going to do the draft next year?  Just move the day or still have it the same time the season is going on and have no combine?  And once the guys get drafted from teams that aren't going to the college football playoff, how many of them say f this and just quit playing until they have to report to their NFL teams OTA or training camp?

I just see problems with this.

[JawnyBlaze]

1 hour ago, Panthera onca said:

I would love it. I wouldn’t have to work hungover on Monday due to tailgating on Sunday and going to the games.

I think there would still be Sunday games, but instead of a bunch of games overlapping, they would move some of them to Saturday so everyone can watch more individual games. At least that was my understanding of the scenario

[Wes21]

1 hour ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

Not that I got any love for the shield but this seems like a win win to me. NFL gets to pick up extra revenue, fans get something to cover the lack of college football, players aren't asked to play any more games than usual, where's the downs.....

*narrows eyes*

wait a minute...

If there aren't any more games than usual, but they are putting a bunch of them on Saturday instead of Sunday, then that means there will just be national tv audiences for games that wouldn't normally have them...

So instead of the whole country watching Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State on Saturday, the whole country is watching the Browns play the Bungles, the Dolphins vs Jets and the Redskins vs the Lions. And we'll all watch anyway cause we're desperate. And the NFL makes even more money somehow for inflicting this upon us.

@#%ing coronavirus.

Just give me a big bowl of Ebola Zaire and let's get it over with.

If you don't watch Redskins vs Lions, you are going to miss a rookie QB getting his first win and taking selfies on the sidelines with fans instead of finishing the game. LOL

[The Huddler]

just let things go back to normal for fugs sake

 

 

[Waldo]

I have always wanted NFL games moved to Saturday anyways but I don't see it happening. I think both will be played just without fans for the same reason, that TV revenue is just to much to turn away from. With all of the changes that colleges are staring at from the fallout of this virus I would think they want to keep something the same and the sports programs are a nice stable block to build around, high demand and easy support. Getting kids back on campus after they learn they can do the same stuff remotely and not be charged like a visit to Disney will be a real challenge. 

[jfra78]

15 minutes ago, Waldo said:

I have always wanted NFL games moved to Saturday anyways but I don't see it happening. I think both will be played just without fans for the same reason, that TV revenue is just to much to turn away from. With all of the changes that colleges are staring at from the fallout of this virus I would think they want to keep something the same and the sports programs are a nice stable block to build around, high demand and easy support. Getting kids back on campus after they learn they can do the same stuff remotely and not be charged like a visit to Disney will be a real challenge. 

 

2 hours ago, KillerKat said:

The Thursday games need to be moved to Saturday anyway

It's not legal for the NFL to play on Saturday while college season is going.  Same for Fridays while HS Football is going.  It's why we have games on Mondays and Thursday.