Monday Night Football is going to look a bit different starting in 2022.
On one Monday night during the year, there’s going to be one game on ESPN, and then another will be on ABC.
The plan is for one game to start one game around 7 p.m. ET, and then another would start a bit after 8 p.m. ET. That way, both games will be on at the same time for most of the night, per Sports Business Journal.
The NFL world is a bit mixed on this. Some are all for it, while others are against it.
Take that Thursday night away tho..then eventually phase into Saturdays after college football https://t.co/Iod4CF1spA
— Black QB Supporter Fan Club (@Blackeffect1986) February 21, 2022
One fan wants this, plus an 18-game regular season.
I support this. Now give us an 18 game regular season https://t.co/WtbyBbSN1W
— Honey 🍯 (@TooJaiided) February 21, 2022
Another fan wants Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit to call one of the other games.
If I don’t get Fowler/Herbstreit, I will be very disappointed. They deserve to be in a super bowl. https://t.co/vdow8BFWxW
— Noah Clark (@ClarkRigo) February 21, 2022
No thanks
They already have mostly uninteresting Monday games so no reason to have 2. https://t.co/I8yADn6uDG
— Ross (@GoldStandard000) February 21, 2022
Simultaneous games… 👎🏽 https://t.co/VFydrXPRnw
— ⚜️👩🏽🍳 Chef RaiMichelle ⚜️ (@RaiiMichelle) February 21, 2022
This is a wonderful waste of time. The ABC game will get better ratings no matter what to even make it interesting both games have to be good with 4 big fan bases it can’t be jags vs panthers on abc and like Steelers vs packers on ESPN #nfl #football https://t.co/qSebLsdv0w
— ShaunMReilly (@ShaunMReilly) February 21, 2022
ABC broadcasting games again would be cool https://t.co/P1PgvSFuzZ
— Smart Football (@SmartfootbalI) February 21, 2022
2022 will be the last year under the current Monday Night Football deal with ESPN/ABC.
In 2023, ABC will broadcast at least three Monday Night games, while ESPN will get the rest.
If this change for MNF works for this year, they could implement it for more games down the line.
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