Pro Football Talk reported over the weekend that the NFL is seriously considering scaling back or possibly even eliminating Thursday night football games altogether after the 2017 season.
The PFT report cites a source indicating Roger Goodell and the league might be ready to acknowledge the damage the Thursday night games are doing to TV ratings and the NFL brand aren’t worth the extra dollars the league was chasing when it committed to Thursday nights in the first place.
We’re hearing there are a number of voices at both the team level and in the league office calling for a rethinking of the Thursday night football package, but that they have little to do with admitting mistakes or putting the brand and players’ welfare ahead of the 32 owners never-ending money grab.