Ravens will open 2013 season on road

The Ravens will be the first Super Bowl champ to open the season away from home in a decade. With shared parking lots between both Baltimore teams, two games running at the same time will not work. The Orioles and White Sox will be coming off of road games the previous night, so asking them to play early the following day is not a sensible solution.

If King’s prediction comes true, the ratings will be through the roof for the Ravens-Broncos season opener.

While Bisciotti is reportedly willing to front the bill for the Orioles, the problem for the team goes deeper than revenue, as Zrebiec reports that it’s a baseball issue rather than a money issue that is the source of the hang-up, and Katy Freeney, the MLB senior vice president for club relations and scheduling, discussed the potential problems of a schedule shuffle:

Goodell has already ruled out the possibility of playing the game on Wednesday, Sept. 4, instead, as it conflicts with the first day of the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah. With the NFL league meetings underway in Phoenix, Ariz., and a full schedule set to be released in the coming weeks, the time for an alternative may be drawing near for the NFL.