Finally, the NFL has gotten smart, and starting next season, will reserve the right to move Sunday afternoon games to Sunday night, in an effort to get more competitive games in the spotlight.

All I can say is it's about time, but I don't think it goes far enough. The way this agreement is worded is that in seven of the last eight weeks, NBC has the right to pick which Sunday game gets moved to Sunday night. CBS and FOX (the two networks who carry Sunday afternoon games) have the right to "protect" up to five games over that period, preventing them from being moved. Apparently, the NFL had the right to move games around from early to late games on Sunday in the past, but now it's a little more flexible, and includes the night game - although it sounds like it's more up to the network now than the NFL.

Left out of all this is still the Monday Night Football game (which is now on ESPN). I think Monday night match ups being picked before the?season is the reason why MNF has lost it's viewership over the years. Having meaningless games in prime time won't attract viewers, and it'll be even worse now that it's on ESPN.

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