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Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann said the NFL has moved on from tradition.
The NFL has expanded its primetime schedule to holidays and playing games overseas, meaning they are playing more games outside of the traditional Sunday afternoon schedule. Theismann highlighted the drastic differences in the way matches are broadcast.
“They’ve moved away (from tradition). I mean, when you look at all the different streaming services and all the different networks, it used to be ABC, NBC and CBS, but that doesn’t exist anymore. There used to be those TV channels where you could watch things other than sports, they only existed then,” Theismann told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview.
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Former NFL player Joe Theismann speaks with sportscaster Chris Collinsworth before the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Nov. 2, 2025. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
“We are now in a time and place where owners have the opportunity to make a lot of money from different entities, from YouTube, from Amazon, from Peacock.”
Theismann said fans used to look forward to Sundays, but now there are games seemingly all the time.
“Sunday is something you were hoping to sit through because you didn’t really have a choice. Now you have options on Monday night, Thursday night, Wednesday night, God only knows, Tuesday night, Saturday night. If you’re an NFL fan, you’ll find the game,” Theismann said.
The opening game of the 2026 season will be on Wednesday this season, and the second game will be played in Melbourne, Australia, on a Thursday. The NFL introduced a game on Thanksgiving Eve this year, adding another Wednesday game to the schedule.
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Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Theismann delivers the keynote address during the 16th Annual YMCA of the Palm Beaches Prayer Breakfast at The Breakers Palm Beach on December 11, 2025. (DAMON HIGGINS/PALM BEACH DAILY NEWS/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
There will also be NFL games on Friday this year, as the league held its fourth annual Black Friday game. The NFL also has three games scheduled on Christmas Day, which is Friday.
Once the college football regular season ends in mid-December, there will also be games on Saturdays.
Theismann said the NFL has now given fans easier access to watch more games, which he sees as a good thing.
“It gives you a chance to find the game you want to watch now. You don’t have to read about it the next day. So, in one respect, the NFL has grown, and in the other, yes, would we all like things to be a little bit like they used to be? Maybe. But I believe in the progressive as a progressive individual, but life is changing. You have to adapt and change with it,” Theismann said.
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Former player Joe Theismann speaks during the announcement of the Washington Football Team’s name change to the Washington Commanders at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, on February 2, 2022. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
American Championship of the Century
This will be the 37th American Century Championship and Joe Theismann has played in 36 of them. He said he used to be a 2 handicap, but now it’s a 9, since he doesn’t hit the ball as far. He will look to go back in time when he plays in the July 10-12 tournament at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe.
He said the American Century Championship is the only thing you really want to participate in.
“The American Century Championship has evolved into one of those things where, if you love golf and you’re in that quote-unquote celebrity world, it’s what you really want to be in. You get to measure your game. You get to pull back the curtain on so many wonderful people, and you get to see the ones you see on TV because I’m a fan of everything. But now you get the chance to see them up close and personal, and you get the chance to meet them and get to know them, and it’s exciting,” Theismann said.
The 76-year-old said he can visit people in the countryside. He mentioned Jerry Rice, Tony Romo and Miles Teller as people he has had conversations with, calling himself a Teller “fan.”
Theismann said that “Top Gun: Maverick” is his favorite movie of all time.
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Joe Theismann waves to the crowd during a college football game between Notre Dame and Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend on Oct. 12, 2024. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The tournament has raised more than $8 million for regional and national charities. American Century Investments donates 40% of its profits to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and activates tournament fundraising to drive direct donations to Stowers each year. Theismann credited executive director Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.
Theismann credited executive director Jonathan Thomas for the tournament’s charitable work.
The tournament will air on NBC and Peacock.
