Football season is almost here, and this year's schedule includes Thursday Night games from Week 10 through Week 16, in addition to the Minnesota/New Orleans tilt on NFL Kickoff Thursday, Sept. 9.
Did the NFL bring in The Other Guys for a focus group or something?
Under Commissioner Paul Tagliabue the league enjoyed a period of solid growth and in the past two decades has left no doubt of the sport's standing as the "national passion." Sunday has a feel to it, Monday Night has a feel to it.
Thursday Night has a feel to it too, and it feels wrong. Commissioner Goodell has responded to the need-it-now spirit of this high-technology age by expanding the Thursday Night schedule of usually two games (excluding Thanksgiving) to a six-week affair during the height of the season.
For fans, this means that from Week 10 to Week 16 there is only a two-day gap each week in between NFL games, and with college football in full swing, there are big-time football games on throughout the week. The NFL has watered itself down, and now lacks the anticipation that helped make Sunday football so special.
The NFL Network is also a primary culprit here; were Thursday Night Football games available to all fans across the county, it would certainly soften the blow. That way, at least when your team is forced to play on short rest you can watch them get beat.
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