Fox satisfied with the 2025 calendar after asking NFL a better AFC-NFC balance

The two NFL Sunday afternoon television packages have long been divided, Fox mainly obtaining NFC and CBS games mainly obtaining AFC matches, but in recent years, the League has had more flexibility to move games through the networks. And Fox was not always satisfied with that.

Fox director Mike Mulvihill told Richard Deitsch de Theathletic.com that in recent years his network had thought that he was losing more good NFC games than taking up good AFC games, but that Fox is satisfied with the way the NFL has disclosed the calendar this season.

“We talked a lot with the League of the idea that” Cross-Flex “, which is the policy by which NFC games can go to CBS and AFC games can go to Fox, should be a little more balanced,” said Mulvihill. “This transversal mechanism was created to help balance (media), and over the years since then, AFC has become significantly better than when it was agreed. They (other points of sale) were Get better NFC games that we come back from AFC side. It has become a little unbalanced. »»

This year, the week 14 Bengals-Bills is a great AFC match with the quarter-backs of the Josh Allen and Joe Burrow stars, and probably implications in the playoff series, which the NFL gave to Fox. It is a game that would not have been to Fox under the strictest NFC / AFC Split, and it is the kind of game that makes Fox very satisfied with the manufacturers of NFL rings.