NFL Thursday Night Football is up for sale

[Auggie]

SEATTLE (AP) -- All four of the NFL's network partners have bid on the Thursday night television package, a person with knowledge of the bidding process told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The league has used its NFL Network to televise the games, but recently put up the 13-game series for bids and received them from NBC, Fox, CBS and ESPN. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the bidders are not being made public.

Turner Sports has also bid, and there's a strong possibility ESPN would put the games on ABC should it be chosen by the league.

Fox has launched Fox Sports 1 and NBC has its own cable sports network, NBCSN, both of which would benefit greatly from an NFL presence.

MORE: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20140119/nfl-thursday-night-football-bids.ap/

Potentially could be good if games air on a non-cable network like ABC. Perhaps even the match-ups would be better.

[caraher]

1. I just want to see them coordinate the games better with bye weeks

No team should have to play Sunday then Thursday. Thursday following a bye week isn't as bad...

[Auggie]

2. I totally agree

The owners apparently don't care though. Or I should say, a majority don't care. The protest rests with the players union and they don't seem to care either. Maybe when the season / playoffs are expanded this can become an issue.

If they can't coordinate with bye weeks, keep it limited to regional or divisional travel as they did this year.