NFL owners are set to vote next week on controversial plans that would empower the league to reschedule games at short notice for TV purposes.
Owners came close to forcing a rule change at their annual meeting in March that would allow the league to change Thursday Night Football (TNF) games at short notice for TV purposes, known as "flexing in NFL parlance".
"Flexing" the schedule is commonplace late in the season since 2006 to ensure the games with playoff implications are shown in primetime, but that only sees the kick-off times changed. This year, the mechanism is available for Monday Night Football for the first time.