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Under current NFL scheduling procedures, teams are only permitted to play two “short-week” games per season. In practice, the rule ensures that teams are not scheduled for more than two games on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday each year. Amazon’s Prime Video, which owns the Thursday Night Football package, is most impacted by this scheduling provision. While…
The increasing quality of teams on Amazon’s Thursday Night Football is upsetting ESPN executives. As a result, ESPN may not agree to a percentage increase comparable to the likely 50-60% jump CBS is poised to pay, according to a report by CNBC. The NFL has begun negotiating new broadcast agreements well before its contractual opt-outs Read more... The post ESPN could resist NFL rights fee hike as ‘Thursday Night Football’ gains stronger games appeared first on Awful Announcing.
The NFL has tapped Shaboozey for the 2025-26 Thursday Night Football theme song.
