Prime Video Will Add Black Friday Game To NFL Package In ’23

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/prime-video-will-add-black-friday-game-to-nfl-package-in-23/

The NFL will expand to Black Friday beginning next season.

The league announced Tuesday that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on the day after Thanksgiving. The first Black Friday game will kick off at 3 p.m. ET on Nov. 24, 2023. The teams will be announced in May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released.

Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season.


The package, which goes through the 2033 season, averages $1.2 billion per season, but Amazon will pay between $50 million and $70 million per year for the additional game.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Although the Amazon Prime NFL game on the day after Thanksgiving is listed for a 3:05 P.M. EST kick-off, I think it could end up being in prime-time. Depending on whatever the start time of the Amazon Prime NFL game will be, this could be bad news for college football, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association.

Once upon a time, before the NFL became so humongous, there was just one NFL game on Thanksgiving Day (played in Detroit), and some college football games that day, too.

Once network television came around one could watch one or two college football games on Thanksgiving as well as the NFL game in Detroit. There were also some non- televised college football games on Thanksgiving as well.

But as interest in the NFL grew and the league expanded it's Thanksgiving schedule to add, first, a late afternoon game in Dallas, and more recently, a prime time game (played in a different city each year), major colleges moved Thanksgiving football games to either the day after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday") or the Saturday after Thanksgiving to avoid competing head-to-head against the NFL.

After checking the full Division 1-A/Football Bowl Subdivision schedule for that weekend on the ESPN website, there's just one game on Thanksgiving: Mississippi hosting Mississippi State. There are thirteen games listed for the day after Thanksgiving and 48 Division 1-A/FBS games on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

And in recent years, the National Hockey League has made a big deal concerning the day after Thanksgiving. The league has an annual "Thanksgiving Showdown" game, traditionally hosted by the Boston Bruins as a nationally televised matinee. This year, there are two nationally televised "Thanksgiving Showdown" games, (one matinee, the other in prime-time, both on the TNT cable network) and while Boston will host a "Black Friday" matinee, neither will be the game in Boston.

And of course, a lot of National Basketball Association games are played on Fridays. ESPN usually has Friday night NBA national telecasts

If the Amazon Prime "Black Friday" NFL game will be in prime-time (which I think it could be, in 2024 and beyond), college football teams, the NHL, and the NBA would be able to move their games on the day after Thanksgiving to the afternoon and out of conflict with the NFL.

If the Amazon NFL game indeed is a 3:05 P.M. EST start, there could be some college football games on the Eastern time zone starting at 11:35 A.M. EST that day and the first NHL "Thanksgiving Showdown" game could begin at 12:05 P.M. EST, avoiding conflict with the NFL. Other college football, NHL and NBA games could be in the evening.

But if Amazon Prime should get two NFL games on the day after Thanksgiving at some future point beyond 2023 (which I think is at least possible), a matinee and a prime time contest, then college football teams, the NHL, and the NBA would probably have to forget about playing that day, depending on start times for the NFL games.

 

[danderson6500]

I don't think they can do that, the law still prohibits a game after 6 P.M. EST since it's still college football season.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

Money can change everything.

Besides, isn't the inability to start an NFL game not being able to start after 6 P.M. ET on the day after Thanksgiving an NFL regulation, and not part of any law?

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Will they avoid team that have a nearby college playing, like will they avoid the Chiefs since Ark-Mizz plays that day?

 

[CTListener]

Money can change everything.

Besides, isn't the inability to start an NFL game not being able to start after 6 P.M. ET on the day after Thanksgiving an NFL regulation, and not part of any law?

Exactly. The NFL can play three games a day from Thursday through Monday every week of the season if it wants to, if the money it can make by doing so is so big that it cannot be ignored in favor of tradition. Big time college football will survive just fine and continue to serve as the NFL's de facto player development system.

 

[JeeperOne]

Although the Amazon Prime NFL game on the day after Thanksgiving is listed for a 3:05 P.M. EST kick-off, I think it could end up being in prime-time. Depending on whatever the start time of the Amazon Prime NFL game will be, this could be bad news for college football, the National Hockey League, and the National Basketball Association.

Once upon a time, before the NFL became so humongous, there was just one NFL game on Thanksgiving Day (played in Detroit), and some college football games that day, too.

Once network television came around one could watch one or two college football games on Thanksgiving as well as the NFL game in Detroit. There were also some non- televised college football games on Thanksgiving as well.

But as interest in the NFL grew and the league expanded it's Thanksgiving schedule to add, first, a late afternoon game in Dallas, and more recently, a prime time game (played in a different city each year), major colleges moved Thanksgiving football games to either the day after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday") or the Saturday after Thanksgiving to avoid competing head-to-head against the NFL.

After checking the full Division 1-A/Football Bowl Subdivision schedule for that weekend on the ESPN website, there's just one game on Thanksgiving: Mississippi hosting Mississippi State. There are thirteen games listed for the day after Thanksgiving and 48 Division 1-A/FBS games on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

And in recent years, the National Hockey League has made a big deal concerning the day after Thanksgiving. The league has an annual "Thanksgiving Showdown" game, traditionally hosted by the Boston Bruins as a nationally televised matinee. This year, there are two nationally televised "Thanksgiving Showdown" games, (one matinee, the other in prime-time, both on the TNT cable network) and while Boston will host a "Black Friday" matinee, neither will be the game in Boston.

And of course, a lot of National Basketball Association games are played on Fridays. ESPN usually has Friday night NBA national telecasts

If the Amazon Prime "Black Friday" NFL game will be in prime-time (which I think it could be, in 2024 and beyond), college football teams, the NHL, and the NBA would be able to move their games on the day after Thanksgiving to the afternoon and out of conflict with the NFL.

If the Amazon NFL game indeed is a 3:05 P.M. EST start, there could be some college football games on the Eastern time zone starting at 11:35 A.M. EST that day and the first NHL "Thanksgiving Showdown" game could begin at 12:05 P.M. EST, avoiding conflict with the NFL. Other college football, NHL and NBA games could be in the evening.

But if Amazon Prime should get two NFL games on the day after Thanksgiving at some future point beyond 2023 (which I think is at least possible), a matinee and a prime time contest, then college football teams, the NHL, and the NBA would probably have to forget about playing that day, depending on start times for the NFL games.

But as Amazon Prime is a subscription service whereas say....TNT is not, it's not going to affect the NBA nor NHL in any way

Plus there are the RSO's who could wind up carrying ALL the NBA & NHL coverage while suckers pay Amazon Prime for some MOR game the NFL doesn't know what to do with because of not only the teams involved but they also don't want to cannibalize the rest of their weekend schedule that winds up being another Colts-Broncos game

And then there are there are the MAGA Republicans who have sworn an allegiance tp NEVER watching another NFL game EVER again because players once took a knee during the National Anthem

Amd EVEN THOUGH the NFL put a stop to that, the NFL will NEVER get THAT crowd back. They'd rather spend THEIR night watching Fox News or some other BORING shit. They\re THAT FAR GONE

 

[NoDakObserver]

Money can change everything.

Besides, isn't the inability to start an NFL game not being able to start after 6 P.M. ET on the day after Thanksgiving an NFL regulation, and not part of any law?

Pretty sure all regulations involving the NFL not competing with high school football or college football are federal laws. So that's not changing without both the Senate and House voting to change those laws. 6 PM Friday would be the high school part of the law. Here is a link to a story on that law from last year. Play calling by Congress, NFL and NCAA allowed football to flourish on weekends