NFL, NBC To Reschedule Season Opener Due To McCain Convention Speech Conflict

NFL, NBC To Reschedule Season Opener Due To McCain Convention Speech Conflict

The National Football League and NBC will likely move up the time of the league's September season opener so it won't conflict with presidential nominee John McCain's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

Since 2002, the NFL has held its season opener on the first Thursday night after Labor Day. This year, the game runs smack into the final night of the convention, when McCain will officially accept the nomination and give a nationally televised speech from Minneapolis.

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