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NFL says it will be "selective" about playing on Wednesdays

The league has started putting a few games on Wednesdays, which changes the weekly viewing schedule for fans; it says it will pick them carefully.

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  1. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorThe NFL says it will be selective about playing games on Wednesdays, which means the league has started scheduling some of them there.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWednesday? That's the one night nothing happens. It's the empty parking space of the week.

  3. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorIt's a new frontier, and the league is claiming it like a flag on the moon.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSelective how? Who's picking?

  5. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorNobody has said, and that is exactly how a league keeps a schedule flexible.

  6. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorMeanwhile the Seahawks trail the Broncos fourteen to eleven with twenty-six seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the Wild beat the Blues five to four behind a Matt Boldy hat trick.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive to four on a Thursday. My Wednesday is now the only thing in this country with no score.

  8. Rex "Two-Point" Gridley · Sports AnchorGive it a year. Tuesday is next.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWill Tuesday be selective too?

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