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Jimmy Traina

Flex Scheduling for ‘Thursday Night Football’ Makes Total Sense

1. From everything I’ve seen and heard, there is quite a backlash to NFL owners approving flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime.

The flex can happen in Week 13 to 17, the flex can be used only twice over that span and 28 days notice has to be given if/when the flex happens. This is also, as of now, just in place for the 2023 season.

One reason people have given for not liking flex on Thursdays is player safety. I’m not that intelligent, so I can’t figure out how player safety is affected here. Teams already play on Thursday nights, and there is a rule in place that teams may play on Thursdays only twice during the season. This doesn’t change with flex scheduling. 

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