Just heard that the debate dates were set 11 months ago

[gabeana]

Listening to john Rothman on KGO 810 radio in San Francisco,
debate schedule was made before they new the NFL schedule or that CLinton was going to be the nomine
Rothman is very interesting was Republican now is a democrat, used to work for Nixon

[KT2000]

1. thanks - wondered about that

it would be a mistake to not change the schedule. trump would have to find a new excuse not to debate.

[Travis_0004]

2. Seems like the NFL schedule would be a dumb reason to change it now

The NFL has had Monday night football since the 70's. They can't now claim they didn't know there would be a football game on at the same time.

[AgadorSparticus]

3. Once again, Trump talks out of his ass.

[NBachers]

4. Commission on Presidential Debates: The debate schedule, from the organization that set the dates.

http://www.debates.org/

2016 Presidential Debates

Monday, Sep 26, 2016 - First presidential debate, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Tuesday, Oct 4, 2016- Vice presidential debate, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Sunday, Oct 9, 2016- Second presidential debate, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, Oct 19, 2016- Third presidential debate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

"Our Mission

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. The organization, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) corporation, sponsored all of the presidential debates in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012."

[writes3000]

5. The NFL is calling Trump out - basically calling him a liar! Surprise!

http://deadline.com/2016/07/donald-trump-presidential-debates-nfl-denies-claim-1201795877/

[oberliner]

6. You don't need an NFL schedule to know there is a Monday Night Football game

That is just dumb.

[csziggy]

7. The venues where the debates are held are probably not into NFL

The CPD chooses sites for the debates by soliciting bids from interested sites. Over the years, the CPD has held all but three of its debates on college and university campuses; this has allowed students to participate in the production process, and has prompted many of them to become involved in election-related projects. Sites that are interested in hosting debates submit proposals to the CPD in response to formal site selection guidelines that are posted 22 months before the debates. CPD production staff review the proposals, conduct site surveys, and consult with members of the White House television pool and federal law enforcement in evaluating potential facilities. The final sites and dates for the debates are chosen by the CPD board of directors and announced approximately one year in advance; this allows for complete logistical preparation by the CPD and the media, and for the sites to take full advantage of debate-related curricular additions.
http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=overview

The CPD can only select from places willing to hold the debates. They do not have full control over where and when those will be.

Plus there are those who would rather watch a political debate than football - I'm one of them.

[oberliner]

8. Long Island, New York is not into the NFL?

I can assure you that is not true.

[csziggy]

11. I meant the actual places hosting the events

Hofstra University does not have a football program and may not be as interested in having their students watch NFL football as they are in hosting a presidential debate.

[oberliner]

12. But the debates are meant to attract a national audience

It seems strange that they would want to put them opposite nationally televised NFL games.

Why not just have it on Tuesday?

[csziggy]

14. Maybe the university facilities were not available?

Or maybe a year in advance they did not assume the football schedule would be the same - or maybe they were only concerned with regional teams.

I live in a town with a nationally renowned college football team. When groups I am in schedule events we try to avoid football weekends. If we need to schedule a year in advance we cannot be sure we will be able to since the team does not announce their schedule until six months before the season starts.

Ask the CPD and Hofstra why they set the schedule to compete with the NFL. As I said I don't care about football - other than to avoid it.

[oberliner]

15. The OP says they made the debate plans before they knew the NFL schedule

My only point is that they did know that Monday Night Football was a thing.

It hardly seems relevant which two teams happen to be scheduled to play on that particular Monday night.

[gabeana]

9. Very true, however, The point is though that the campaigns

had nothing to do with , it is the election committee that sets the date
Trump, as someone else said , talking out of his ass

[oberliner]

10. Agreed

Trump is full of crap, as usual.

But I was just talking about the remark from the article in the OP where they said they didn't know what the NFL schedule was. That was a dumb remark.

[unitedwethrive]

13. They said the same thing on the CBS evening news.