The NFL is the most significant business in town, and that could have teams playing two games in four or five days multiple times thanks to a new proposal.
Adam Schefter reports that NFL owners have approved a proposal allowing flex scheduling for Amazon’s Thursday Night Football in a move that will undoubtedly impact the Philadelphia Eagles.
Flexing for Thursday Night Football just passed, 24-8, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 22, 2023
The scheduling can start in weeks 13-17, teams can only be flexed twice on Thursday night, and the NFL has to give the selected teams 28 days’ notice before announcing the move.
NFL will now allow for teams to play multiple TNF games in a season, which opens the possibility that some teams could wind up off the hook completely in a given season.
Will be interesting to get reaction from the first team(s) to get two TNF games. https://t.co/Ph6n87igt9
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 28, 2023
Raiders owner Mark Davis was among a group led most notably by New York Giants co-owner John Mara – who didn’t support the proposed scheduling tweak in primetime Thursday games.
The move now provides the NFL’s newest streaming partner with more attractive matchups later in the season.