A proposal to allow schedule changes to the NFL’s Thursday Night Football slate has been tabled until May, Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer reported Tuesday. But the idea of “flexing” games to avoid bad matchups on Thursdays remains a hot topic among players, owners and observers.
To wit, Giants co-owner John Mara called the proposal to flex Thursday Night Football games “inconsiderate and abusive.”
“People have gotten used to going from Sunday afternoon to Sunday night; that doesn’t mean that they like it,” Mara said. “This year, we could be flexed to Monday night, which I think is really inconsiderate to our ticket holders. To flex a game back to Thursday night, to me, is just abusive. I am adamantly opposed to it. Fortunately, it didn’t get enough votes today, but it will probably be revisited in May.”
