The NFL is shopping an early eight-game Thursday night football schedule to TV networks. NFL Network’s Thursday night package is not expected to be affected as the league explores moving to a full season of Thursday night football.
Thursday Night Football Rights Being Shopped To TV Networks
Last week ESPN reported on some of the details of the proposed CBA between the owners and players and one of the nuggets was that the league would create a full season schedule of Thursday night games in order to increase revenue.
The question was whether the NFL Network would keep their eight-game, end-of-season package on Thursday night or if that would go by the way side. According to Sports Business Journal, it appears NFLN will keep their eight-game package and the league will sell the rights to the early eight-game Thursday night schedule.
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