Die hard NFL & Pats fan for a few decades now. I’ve always been of the mindset that more football is better than less, so I’ve always welcomed the Saturday games added to the schedule in late December.
But I have to say that today’s Black Friday game fell flat to me. So do the Sunday morning European games. For whatever reason that I haven’t been able to identify, I just don’t get up for them like I do the normal slate. It’s almost like I feel bad for watching them instead of doing normal shit. I’m good to watch the Thursday and Monday night games because the kids are asleep. Sunday afternoon is sort of accepted as time for football. But Friday afternoon and Sunday morning?? I get why the nfl is doing it. They’re wanting to expand viewership in Europe AND more importantly, dominate other time slots for ratings and future tv contracts. I get it but I also really find myself tuning out.
Am I alone on this island or does it feel like the NFL is quasi jumping the shark?
Being in Australia, I don't really have much of a comment on the Europe games; outside of being committed to watching the Chiefs this year, I don't want any of them in order to be up for the 1pm games.
But the Black Friday game this morning was nice. A bad game, but still having a game on a Saturday morning while nursing a hangover was welcomed. I'd put your feeling down to being new and different, it's always going to be inherently disruptive at first. Even the existence of the game is tied to Amazon, the fact we'll get it until 2033 is enough to make it feel like it has a natural place in the scheduling.