Thursday was never prohibited in the Sports Broadcasting Act. It was Saturday (which, I believe, was later extended to Friday, too), The NFL always could play on Thursdays. In fact, the first game of the season has been held on a Thursday for a few years now.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > This is separate from NFLN's late-season Thursday night package-- > Turner, who lost half of the Sunday night package some years ago, and > NBCUKabletown (for Versus or whatever it's going to be called) are the > most likely to be interested in the package: > > > http://www.adweek.com/news/television/nfl-creates-new-thursday-night-package-133287 > > On the other hand, aren't the college teams who have made Thursday > night deals with ESPN and FSN going to consider this encroachment on > their turf (since the NFL can't play on Saturday until December to not > compete with college games)? > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- +++++++++++++++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
