I dont pay much attention to starting times. Long gone are the days of playing the 1 o'clockers, getting a feel for how I did, then adjusting my bets/amounts based on that for the late games. Of course followed up by the ole double or nothing, or catch up the losses for the Sunday nighter. Most all of us have been there one time or another. But lets digress...
Here's the problem with this floating schedule for night games.
When the NFL is full blown, as in no teams on a bye week, you're looking at 16 games a week. This time of year with college still going and no holidays that means 15 games on Sunday. A full ticket no less. There's no beef with picking the SD/Den game for primetime as its certainly deserving. However, taking one of the only FOUR late afternoon games puts the schedule on a major slant.
Weve got 11 (ELEVEN) friggin one o'clockers today, and 3 (COUNT 'EM THREE) games at 4.
Couldnt someone have decided to move that OAK/KC game back from one to four and try to even out the audience. Other than the Raider nation diehards there wont be squat for a TV audience trying to turn in for some Aaron Brooks and company circa 10 in the A.M pacific.
As both an NFL fan and a gambler, it would also be nice to try and even out the action so to speak. In years past the schedule makers would do their best to try and get at least four late afternoon games and end up with the 10/4 split which I always thought was bad enough.
Everyone's ready for some football come Monday night, there's only one friggin game. Screw Hank.
The real question is : Are you ready for the twenty two teams kicking off in less than three hours?
Here's the problem with this floating schedule for night games.
When the NFL is full blown, as in no teams on a bye week, you're looking at 16 games a week. This time of year with college still going and no holidays that means 15 games on Sunday. A full ticket no less. There's no beef with picking the SD/Den game for primetime as its certainly deserving. However, taking one of the only FOUR late afternoon games puts the schedule on a major slant.
Weve got 11 (ELEVEN) friggin one o'clockers today, and 3 (COUNT 'EM THREE) games at 4.
Couldnt someone have decided to move that OAK/KC game back from one to four and try to even out the audience. Other than the Raider nation diehards there wont be squat for a TV audience trying to turn in for some Aaron Brooks and company circa 10 in the A.M pacific.
As both an NFL fan and a gambler, it would also be nice to try and even out the action so to speak. In years past the schedule makers would do their best to try and get at least four late afternoon games and end up with the 10/4 split which I always thought was bad enough.
Everyone's ready for some football come Monday night, there's only one friggin game. Screw Hank.
The real question is : Are you ready for the twenty two teams kicking off in less than three hours?
