Mike North discusses the challenges of creating the NFL season schedule

The Rich Eisen Show

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4.3 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Rich breaks down the Chiefs’ 2024 schedule and how it impacts Kansas City’s chances to three-peat as Super Bowl champions. NFL VP of Broadcast Operations Mike North takes Rich inside the complexity of deciding on the 2024 league schedule of games, reveals how much influence Roger Goodell has on the NFL schedule, reveals how Taylor Swift and Green Day actually factored into this year’s schedule, and says why the league chose to go head-to-head against the College Football Playoff on certain dates. Please check out other RES productions: Overreaction Monday: http://apple.co/overreactionmonday What the Football with Suzy Shuster and Amy Trask: http://apple.co/whatthefootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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