Creating the NFL schedule is a complicated process that requires tens of thousands of computers coming up with countless possibilities over a process that lasts about four months. There are several sometimes competing factors at play from keeping all of the television partners happy, to competitive balance for teams to stadium availability.
FILE - Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws a pass during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. Netflix and the NFL announced a three-year deal Wednesday, May 15, 2024. to stream games on Christmas Day, which includes the Chiefs taking on Steelers on Dec. 25, 2024.
“They’re Cowboys-level assets right now,” North said. “Knowing that everybody’s going to get a certain number of them. ... Was it perfect? Was everybody over the moon? Maybe not. Maybe Fox was. But it’s a narrow needle to thread.” The schedule makers have been given more flexibility in recent years with teams not required to play a prime-time game, teams able to play multiple short-week Thursday games and a loosening of TV rules that allow some traditional NFC games to be aired on CBS and AFC games to go to Fox on Sunday afternoons.
“From a scheduling perspective teams play their way into prime ,” Schroeder said. “They play their way into bigger windows.”
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