NFL owners have approved an expansion of the NFL playoffs to include 14 teams, but a minor part of the new agreement has many fans bewildered.
The new system means that there will be seven playoff teams from each conference, including three Wild Card teams. The No. 2 seed in each conference will no longer receive a bye for the Wild Card round, and will now instead host the No. 7 seed.
The new games will be televised primarily on NBC and CBS – but the league is launching an additional kid-friendly broadcast on Nickelodeon, in an apparently play to attract young fans in an era where youth participation in football is declining.
Via NFL.com:
“The league announced NBC and CBS would broadcast the additional wild card games. NFL Wild Card Weekend will include three games Saturday, Jan. 9 and another three games Sunday, Jan. 10. In addition to CBS’ extra broadcast on Jan. 9 — which also will be carried via a livestream on CBS All Access — the NFL noted a separately produced telecast of the game will air on Nickelodeon, tailored for a younger audience.”
NFL on Nickelodeon pic.twitter.com/nhSiQRxyeu
— Who Dat Queen ⚜️ (@whodatqueen1) March 31, 2020
One of the playoff games added to the NFL calendar this year will be simulcast on Nickelodeon 😅 @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/fIbaWPE8Bn
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 31, 2020
The NFL coming for kids like pic.twitter.com/eMGLQyye3H
— #1 Tuukka Rask Fan (@cschoenthaler) March 31, 2020
NBA: we’re done, go home
NHL: we’re done, go home
MLB: we’re on hold, go home
NFL: what if we broadcasted the playoffs on Nickelodeon— Ryan (@ryguyblake) March 31, 2020
Nickelodeon and the NFL showing the Theismann game pic.twitter.com/zP0MKdYJJj
— John Lindgren (@John_Lindgren) March 31, 2020
Yup, we're watching the NFL playoffs on Nickelodeon!! I wonder if they will slime the team that loses🤣🤔🤔 https://t.co/TtZcb6OYBs
— ΩDαrΣΩ (@Dran_1) March 31, 2020
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