NFL Schedules Season Opener on Night of McCain Nomination Acceptance
The NFL’s Thursday night season opener will match the Super Bowl-champion New York Giants and the Washington Redskins, with the game possibly starting an hour-and-a-half earlier to avoid clashing with the Republican National Convention.
The game is now scheduled for 8:30 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4 — the concluding night of the Republican convention — and will be televised by NBC. League spokesman Greg Aiello said Wednesday that the NFL is talking with the network about changing the game’s starting time to 7 p.m.
The Super Bowl winner traditionally hosts the game. The Redskins’ participation was confirmed by a person familiar with the NFL schedule who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league has not announced it.
The highlight games of the NFL’s first weekend will be announced Monday during league meetings in Palm Beach, Fla. The rest of the schedule will be announced later next month.
I can’t believe the NFL has made this decision. Even if they move the game to 7:00, everyone knows it won’t wrap up until close to 11:00. This would never have happened if it was to be the final evening of the Democrats convention. It’s well known that the mainstream media will do anything to support the Democrat party, but am surprised that the NFL would be such a obvious pawn in their game. Wonder what back room deals were offered to pull this off?
It’s so typical. Republicans can’t catch a break on TV. I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts that the Dems’ acceptance night has no conflicts whatsoever and all the networks that aren’t covering the Dem convention show reruns during the time slot.
It’s amazing how seemingly sensible, capitalist entites, such as the NFL want to bite the hand that feeds them. I hope they like their TV revenue money being confiscated, which is what will happen if Osama Obama or Billary is elected.
nfl is so stupit no moor mondaynight games no moor saterday games i will warch the big gye not football
Alright! Now I’ve got something entertaining to watch instead of getting ticked off watching McCain wrip off his base while running as a democrat…
Why would this time be a surprise? Anything that the public media can do to come against the Republicans seems to be justified. I think it stinks! Of course from my point of view it’s not a toss up I don’t watch football.
This might actually help the Republicans because people will make glances at the convention without burnout. I don’t perceive the season opener being that much of an attention getter that no one will watch the convention.