Chapter 1
Breaking a fourteen year habit
Chapter 2
The seventeen hour time jump
Chapter 3
The law protecting Friday nights
Chapter 4
Two teams two travel strategies
Chapter 5
The global gridiron expansion
YOUR GOAL
Master of The Wednesday NFL kickoff
Ch 3 · The law protecting Friday nights
hank Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961
Since Friday belongs to the high school teams, we kickoff on a Wednesday.
BETA
hank Shift kickoff times across the globe to discover why the NFL opened on a Wednesday.
Fun Fact
Legal shield: The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 is one of the rare times the US government granted a sports league an antitrust exemption.
Glossary
sports broadcasting act (noun)
A United States federal law that grants professional sports leagues an exemption from antitrust laws to pool and sell their broadcasting rights. This 1961 statute restricts the NFL from broadcasting games on Fridays to protect high school football.
A United States federal law that grants professional sports leagues an exemption from antitrust laws to pool and sell their broadcasting rights. This 1961 statute restricts the NFL from broadcasting games on Fridays to protect high school football.
Quiz
What would happen to local high school football games if the NFL scheduled Friday night games?