Scheduling has always been a Pile of #*#* I do believe there are people somewhere that just seem to like to screw certain teams! That being said, I hope something flex's so Seattle can have something of a more normal ride in the games- Thank you for the Great info!
Jesus christ, the NFL owners really are bending over backwards for Bezos and his $11Billion dollar investment in Thursday Night Football. They must really want that guy to buy a franchise. All of these new TNF scheduling changes are probably directly tied to this:
"In 2021, Amazon became the first streamer to make an exclusive deal with the NFL, signing an 11-year pact for exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football at $1 billion per season. Amazon’s sports chief, Jay Marine, told staff in a September note that the launch game produced “the biggest three hours for U.S. Prime sign ups ever in the history of Amazon.” But while the streamer had told advertisers it expected to average 12.5 million viewers per game, at the end of the season Amazon said it had 11.3 million viewers, while Nielsen calculated 9.6 million average viewers. Amazon has said it compensated advertisers for the shortfall but offered no specifics."
(hat tip The Hollywood Reporter)
"Amazon has said it compensated advertisers for the shortfall..." I'm guessing all of these changes are there solely to placate Bezos on his massive investment, but paying $1B a year to air TNF, a notoriously problematic product, should be on Bezos' and his desperation to make Prime more profitable.
I just read that the emergency QB rule is coming back, allowing teams to have a third QB without using a roster spot. Good news for Holton Ahlers, or someone not yet on the roster, as well as 31 other guys out there that just increased their odds of making the team.
Scheduling has always been a Pile of #*#* I do believe there are people somewhere that just seem to like to screw certain teams! That being said, I hope something flex's so Seattle can have something of a more normal ride in the games- Thank you for the Great info!
Jesus christ, the NFL owners really are bending over backwards for Bezos and his $11Billion dollar investment in Thursday Night Football. They must really want that guy to buy a franchise. All of these new TNF scheduling changes are probably directly tied to this:
"In 2021, Amazon became the first streamer to make an exclusive deal with the NFL, signing an 11-year pact for exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football at $1 billion per season. Amazon’s sports chief, Jay Marine, told staff in a September note that the launch game produced “the biggest three hours for U.S. Prime sign ups ever in the history of Amazon.” But while the streamer had told advertisers it expected to average 12.5 million viewers per game, at the end of the season Amazon said it had 11.3 million viewers, while Nielsen calculated 9.6 million average viewers. Amazon has said it compensated advertisers for the shortfall but offered no specifics."
(hat tip The Hollywood Reporter)
"Amazon has said it compensated advertisers for the shortfall..." I'm guessing all of these changes are there solely to placate Bezos on his massive investment, but paying $1B a year to air TNF, a notoriously problematic product, should be on Bezos' and his desperation to make Prime more profitable.
I just read that the emergency QB rule is coming back, allowing teams to have a third QB without using a roster spot. Good news for Holton Ahlers, or someone not yet on the roster, as well as 31 other guys out there that just increased their odds of making the team.