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1994

On Sport and Society

Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Football, Television

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Monday Night Football, Richard C. Crepeau Nov 1994

Monday Night Football, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is the twenty-fifth Anniversary of Monday Night Football. The other networks laughed when ABC announced it was going to take NFL football into prime time. Who would watch? By Monday everyone was suffering from football burnout what with the College games on Saturday, and the double network double-headers on Sunday. It just wouldn't work.