NFL Admits League Made 'Monday Night Football' Schedule Mistake

The NFL is owning up to a "Monday Night Football" scheduling mistake.

In recent years, the league has had a few "Monday Night Football" doubleheaders to start the season. However, the doubleheader wasn't exactly that. Instead, one game would start at a typical 8 p.m. time with another starting later, around 10 p.m.. This meant that NFL fans - unless they had two TVs - had to pick between the two games during certain times.

It was a bit chaotic.

The league is now owning up to that mistake.

The league has admitted that a "Monday Night Football" doubleheader isn't the best use of the game schedule.

NFL VP Mike North owned up to it.

League admits to Monday scheduling mistake

During an interview on The Schrager Hour with Peter Schrager, Mike North admitted to the scheduling mixups.

"Yes, the Monday night doubleheaders are a thing of the past," North said. "I don't know why that didn't work. Quite honestly, I thought it was fine. I thought it was good for us. That Monday night game, if it wasn't your game on Monday, it would've been Sunday at 1, among eight, nine, or 10 other games. You probably weren't going to watch it anyway. Having it on Monday, a national broadcast… it just didn't work. The fans didn't appreciate it, and it probably wasn't a good use of an NFL asset."

The NFL has officially ended those doubleheaders.

"Two of those four went to Netflix for a Wednesday night and Saturday of Week 18, and the other two went to broadcast," North added. "It's not like everything went to streamers; they went to broadcast, and I think the upside to Monday night, now, is instead of having to bifurcate your resources, all eyes on the big Monday night game, simulcast on ABC, good for Peyton and Eli on the ManningCast. You've got some big games on Monday Night Football this year, let's get everyone pulling in the same direction."

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This story was originally published May 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM.