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Thursday night games controversy

Yep exactly why I said in the other post that we need to come out and jump all over Indy in an attempt to rest as many people as possible.

The players union will back scum like Burfict, etc, but why don't they fight to get rid of Thursday night games?
If they want Thursday night games so bad, wait until bye weeks start and schedule Thursday night games around teams coming off a bye week

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maybe as a show of solidarity against the owners, the players should take another knee?
 
Oh come on now, The Rog is all about players safety. with wanting to add 2 games to the season,as well as put a Franchise in London. :confused1::greedy_dollars::lie:
 
I have no tolerance for these whinny prima donnas. Paid millions and put max effort out once a week. Enjoy the game, but sick of these asinine punks. Lucky they don’t play 5 days a week and take weekends off like real people.


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More drama, 'Ben rips Thursday Night Football games as the Steelers prepare for Titans'


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Brian Billick agreed with Ben, and said the majority of the players feel that way.

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Also I read or heard somewhere that this year of Thursday night football is it's last contractual year and hasn't been renewed yet

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They need to end Thursday night games. Make a Monday double header or go into the Saturday night market against college football. If you're going to preach player safety then ******* practice what you preach. Thursday night football is not good for player's health.
 
Suck it up and beat the Titans and you got 10 days off, then another week off because it's Bengals week again

then you get to get healthy for the Pats
 
I'm going to tell my boss that I need Fridays off. I need 3 days to recover from the work week.
 
slashsteel said:
Would have to see the Thursday,Sunday, and Monday injury statistics.
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And the injury stats from the following Sunday/Monday game. (Using the same argument, are there less injuries in games with 10 days off in-between?)

If the players have a problem, wait for the next CBA and be willing to make concessions. Until then, play or retire.
 
bermudasteel said:
My two cents...

Unless the stats say differently - I don't think any 'one team' is scheduled for multiple Thursday night games. Yes, injuries are unfortunate but this is FOOTBALL - just play the games on your schedule and win them...
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I’m okay with a few Thursday night games, but I think the NFL has over done it, and the players have a point.

My solution which Roger Goodell should pay me 1/50th of his asking salary is this.

Simply go to 3 pre-season games and have a second bye week in the regular season.

Prior to any Thursday night game, use the extra bye week. This way teams playing on Sunday will have 11 days off before playing on Thursday. The extra bye week can also be used after an international game.

More games broadcasted over the course of a season = more money for the NFL. And less bitching Richard Sherman types should also help with the ratings.

Problem solved.
 
They could only scedule teams coming off bye weeks on Thursday nights.

I’m thinking the players are being a little dramatic, is playing in a NFL game on 4 days rest that much worse than playing 2 NHL Games in consecutive days?
 
My grandson has soccer practice on Thursdays from 7:30-9 pm. So I usually miss the 1st Q. Yeah, I know, DVR the game or "get the NFL app."
Nah, FAK it, cancel TNF!
And FAK the bye week too.
 
Troglodyte said:
They could only scedule teams coming off bye weeks on Thursday nights.

I’m thinking the players are being a little dramatic, is playing in a NFL game on 4 days rest that much worse than playing 2 NHL Games in consecutive days?
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As a goalie, you need a day to rest after a game. But for the skaters, they're conditioned to play a lot of games in a row, and they aren't wussies. ;)
 
I don't watch non Steelers thursday games.... its a stupid money grab and outside of Thanksgiving should be stripped... id be fine with a Saturday night game... quit catering to College since tgey no longer run pro style anyhow... its not like the NFL gets tge same minor league benefit thry used to
 
Correct me if I am wrong, but outside of Thanksgiving I remember years ago you would get 1 Thursday nighter, that I believe was the function of staying out of the way of the World Series on Monday night.

Whatever the origins, we know it is profitable, so it wont go anywhere.
 
NFL players are coddled ******* these days. ******* NHL players play 3-4 games a week, missing teeth, broken noses, and take sticks to hands and checked into walls repeatedly...oh, and they throw hands when they get pissed instead of fighting like two chicks who discovered they're wearing the same dress to a party.
 
I've never seen 2 NHL players, skating as fast as they can. and hit each other. it has been said countless times, that every time NFL player run into each other. is equivalent to a 20 mph car crash. getting hit on the boards is not even close. hell 1 guy isn't even moving.
 
Big Ben Rules said:
I've never seen 2 NHL players, skating as fast as they can. and hit each other. it has been said countless times, that every time NFL player run into each other. is equivalent to a 20 mph car crash. getting hit on the boards is not even close. hell 1 guy isn't even moving.
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Then you haven't watched a lot of hockey or played the game. ...and don't make out like every play an NFL player gets blown up. I've played both games, they're both physical, hockey is more physically demanding IMO.
 
Plus players only miss part of a period to stitch a laceration. In Cleveland, the staph infection from sewing it up may be career ending.

Never saw 2 hockey players hit each other full speed toward each other? Usually one doesn't get up. Force = mass x acceleration. You can go way faster on skates than you can on feet. Hardest hits in all of professional sports.
 
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