Flexible Scheduling

At the end of Inside the NFL, Bob Costas sat down with our favorite media dork, Peter King, and discussed the new NFL TV Package.

One of the things they talked about was that the Sunday Night game will now become the "feature game" of the week on NBC, and the ESPN Monday Night package will be somewhat secondary.

By moving the "feature game" to Sunday night, this will also allow for flexible scheduling, which means at the end of the season, NBC will have the right to cherry pick a game from either the FOX or CBS schedules, if the pre-scheduled Sunday Night game turns out to be a dog.

To illustrate this point, the said the following "you know, the 42-0 blowout of Seattle over Philly would have been moved and replaced with a more interesting game, like the Cowboy and Giants battling for the NFC East division lead".

Oh REALLY, Mr. King? Interesting choice for your example.

So you're saying that NBC would have better foresight than the GREAT AND POWERFUL MEDIA PUNDITS to know this was going to be a blowout, as if I'm not mistaken, you picked the EAGLES to win this game!

But the point of this topic is not really to bash Peter King, as much fun as that can be. My point it twofold.

1. to get a new topic at the top so the blogger header is no longer mucked up.

2. to get feedback on what people think about this flexible schedule idea

As they spoke, the mentioned CBS and FOX having a certain number of vetos to use to keep keep matchups on their telecasts, so there would be some level of equity.

From a general fan perspective, I'm for it, especially as we look forward to a Monday Night snooze fest between the Saints and the Falcons. However, as a Seattle fan, I'm not very excited, as it would just give another opportunity for the East Coast biased league and networks to further hate on the Seahawks.

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