After debating it over at the NFL's annual league meeting last week, the league's owners decided not to vote on whether they should implement Thursday night flexing for the upcoming season. Instead, the with the expectation that Ryan Johansen Women Jersey they'll revisit it when they get back together for the NFL's spring meeting in May.For Thursday night flexing to get approved, 24 of the NFL's 32 owners have to vote for it. Although a vote wasn't taken last week, it does appear there was an unofficial tally taken and based on that tally, the flexing proposal came two votes shy of being approved.According , there were 22 teams that voted for Thursday flexing, eight teams that voted against it and two teams that abstained from voting. The two teams that decided not to vote were the and , which means they now likely hold the key to whether there will be Thursday flexing in 2023.If the Broncos and Panthers decide to vote for the proposal in May -- and a suming no one changes their vote -- then Thursday flexing will have the 24 votes it needs to pa s. NFL Commi sioner Roger Goodell made it very clear last week that he would like to see the rule approved, so you can bet that he'll be talking to Denver and Carolina between now and May about voting for the proposal. If Thursday flexing is Ryan Ellis Women Jersey approved, then the NFL would be allowed to flex games from Sunday to Thursday, Kevin Fiala Kids Jersey but with two caveats: There would have to be 15 days notice with each flex and only Thursday games in Weeks 14 thru 17 could be flexed."Providing the best matchups for our fans is part of what we do," Goodell said last week, . "That's part of what I think our scheduling has always focused on and flex has been a part of that. We are very judicious with it and we're very careful with it, and we look at all of the impacts of it."Although Goodell wants to see Thursday flexing get approved, there are plenty of teams who don't want to see it happen. According to NBC Sports, the , , , and are five of the eight teams that plan to vote against it. Giants owner John Mara was very vocal about his opposition last week and his reasoning mostly had to do with the fact that it would be horrible for fans."At some point, can we please give some consideration to the people who are coming to our games? People make plans to go to these games weeks and months in advance," Mara said, . "And 15 days ahead of time to say, 'Sorry, folks, that game you were Matt Duchene Men Jersey planning on taking your kids to Sunday at 1, now it's on Thursday night'? What are we thinking about?"Goodell took note of that complaint, but it ."It's a very important thing to balance between the in-stadium fans and those who watch on TV," Goodell said. "There isn't anybody in that room, anybody in any of our organizations, that don't put fans first." The NFL's spring meeting is , so if the Thursday proposal is going to be voted on this year, that's when it will happen. Although the owners didn't vote on Thursday flexing yet, they did approve a new rule that allows each team to play NHL Nashville Predators Jersey two short-week Thursday games per season.That being said, even if the Thursday flexing proposal doesn't pa s, there will still be a new flexing policy in place for the 2023 season. Starting this year, the NFL .
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