The problem, as the Hall of Famer sees it, is that there aren’t enough good, competitive teams for all the TV slots that exist — “an early Sunday window, a late Sunday window, a Sunday night window, a Monday night window, a Thursday night window” — on the NFL calendar. That Thursday night game in particular is a problem for him. [And now, a message from John Madden]“Something has to be done about ‘Thursday Night Football,’ ” the 80-year-old former Raiders coach said in a podcast with the Bay Area News Group. “Thursday Night Football” debuted a decade ago as a device for providing game content for NFL Network, allowing the league-owned operation to generate higher fees from cable and satellite providers. That’s why we’ve moved really slowly with ‘Thursday Night Football,’ as an example.

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2016 17:48 UTC