NFL Schedule Release: Expectations for Prime Time Games

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00:03 - Tomorrow night is when we're finally

00:04 gonna get the NFL schedule.

00:06 - Yeah, Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern.

00:07 So Mike, it's really interesting.

00:09 So covering this business now 25 years,

00:11 everybody knows who's gonna be playing each other.

00:14 You just don't know when they're gonna be playing them.

00:16 And the prime time, you know,

00:18 it's talking to people from the business side of the NFL,

00:22 it's such a badge of honor when you get

00:24 like five prime time games.

00:26 And let's see your team who's just on its way up.

00:29 That's a sign of respect.

00:30 And it's great for marketing and awareness.

00:33 And the teams only get one or two,

00:35 you kind of know that the league doesn't think a lot of them

00:37 for that particular season for whatever reason.

00:39 But I always caution fans,

00:40 you're gonna see some teams and games

00:43 where you go, why are they in prime time?

00:45 Because they're so called national team.

00:47 Like the Giants, the Giants are gonna get prime time games.

00:50 Why?

00:51 Because they're one of the top media markets in the country.

00:54 They will get a big number because Giant fans

00:56 are everywhere and they get a big number,

00:57 they're big media markets.

00:58 So that's the thing that I warn fans about.

01:01 There're gonna be some, when it's announced tomorrow night,

01:04 you're gonna be like, what, I don't get it.

01:06 Well, because that team like the Giants

01:08 or we'll get into some of those other teams,

01:11 the league loves the fact that they have a strong following

01:13 across the country.

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