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Originally Posted by Hayneplane
Interesting. Thanks for explaining the process. I would have assumed that the league would set the schedule and that the networks would buy a time slot but have limited influence and input on which game get allotted to that slot.
Has it always been the case that Monday night has been viewed as more prestigious than Thursday and commanded better TV figures.
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As long as we're on the same page that "this is what I've been told." I don't know for certain. Never cared enough to check it out either.
As for MNF, I think it's not nearly the game it used to be. When I was a kid it was THE GAME. I might miss a game on Sunday (back then there was no TNF and only two games televised on Sundays most of the time) but no one missed the MNF game. The whole country pretty much sat down for that one. So it was always the biggest game with the biggest names in it.
Nowadays MNF isn't nearly as big a deal and the teams are not always the best in the league.