{"id":421468,"date":"2023-03-29T19:56:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=421468"},"modified":"2023-03-29T19:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T19:56:43","slug":"john-mara-strongly-opposes-proposal-to-flex-sunday-games-into-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/john-mara-strongly-opposes-proposal-to-flex-sunday-games-into-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mara Strongly Opposes Proposal To Flex Sunday Games Into Thursday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Mara, a co-owner of the New York Giants, voiced his opposition on Tuesday to the idea of bending the calendar for Thursday night games.<\/p>\n<h2>John Mara Strongly Opposes Proposal To Flex Sunday Games Into Thursday Night<\/h2>\n<p>Despite the setback for the league, the idea could be revised again later this year, and Giants co-owner <strong>John Mara<\/strong> isn&#8217;t thrilled with the idea.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am adamantly opposed to that,\u201d Mara told reporters in between league meetings Tuesday. \u201cFlexible scheduling as it is is inconsiderate to our season ticket holders who fill our stadiums every week. People have gotten used to going from Sunday afternoon to Sunday night. That doesn\u2019t mean that they like it. To flex a game back to Thursday night is, to me, abusive, and I am adamantly opposed to it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1640872861094010887?s=20<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;This year, we can be flexed to Monday night, which I think is very inconsiderate to our ticket holders. But to flex a game to Thursday night to me is abusive, and I\u2019m adamantly opposed to it. Fortunately, it didn\u2019t get enough votes, but it will probably be revisited in May.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Mara on Xavier McKinney: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Te25zjv0EO\">pic.twitter.com\/Te25zjv0EO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Giants Daily (@NYGDaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGDaily\/status\/1641082000994869249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NFL Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/roger-goodell-addresses-possibility-of-flexing-tnf-games-commanders-sale-at-annu\"><strong>Roger Goodell<\/strong><\/a> responded to the criticism in his news conference later in the day.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Listen, there isn\u2019t anybody in that room, any of our organizations, who don\u2019t put our fans first,&#8221; Goodell said. &#8220;That\u2019s really important. Obviously, providing the best matchups for our fans is part of what we do. That\u2019s part of what our scheduling has always focused on and flex has been a part of that. We are very judicious with it and we\u2019re very careful with it and we look at all of the impacts it.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giants\u2019 John Mara is \u201cadamantly opposed\u201d to TNF flex scheduling proposal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JIUoo5kTec\">pic.twitter.com\/JIUoo5kTec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlotte Carroll (@charlottecrrll) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlottecrrll\/status\/1640867089144750081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think we average about a flex and a half year. It can vary in any particular year. So it\u2019s a very important thing for us to balance with what I would call the season-ticket holders and the in-stadium markets, but we have millions of fans who also watch us on television. Reaching them is a balance that you always strike and making sure we do it right.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The hate I see for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnMara?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JohnMara<\/a> on here is sickening. While there are decisions we as fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giants?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Giants<\/a> may disagree with the man is a class act and loves the team the insults are not necessary at all.  You could have a Schneider or JJones type as an owner. Do better Giants fans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rz4h6YU8bh\">pic.twitter.com\/Rz4h6YU8bh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony Little (International Giants fan) (@TonyLnyg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyLnyg\/status\/1640720980120051712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content rich-text\">\n<p>The NFL is set to release its 2023 schedule in early May, but there could be plenty of changes to it once the season gets underway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/341jJiz5aCc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Disapproves NFL\u2019s Decision On Thursday Night Football\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/chiefs-qb-patrick-mahomes-disapproves-nfls-decision-on-thursday-night-football\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes Disapproves NFL\u2019s Decision On Thursday Night Football<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mara, a co-owner of the New York Giants, voiced his opposition on Tuesday to the idea of bending the calendar for Thursday night games. John Mara Strongly Opposes Proposal To Flex Sunday Games Into Thursday Night Despite the setback for the league, the idea could be revised again later this year, and Giants co-owner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":421472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[6312,6313,6314],"class_list":["post-421468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-john-mara","tag-john-mara-nfl","tag-john-mara-thursday-night"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}