The Lions don't appear to face any threat to their leadoff position on the Thanksgiving Day schedule.
There has been speculation the Lions' six-year losing streak might prompt the NFL to move the team back on the three-game holiday schedule, primarily because the major broadcast networks would want a more attractive opponent.
That does not appear to be any sentiment for discussion at the NFL meetings, which begin Monday in Phoenix.
"I don't think there's any proposal or agenda item for the league on that," NFL representative Greg Aiello said Wednesday.
The Lions were hosts for the first Thanksgiving game when they moved to Detroit in 1934. Dallas added a second game in 1966. Last year, the NFL added a third game and put it on the NFL Network.
FOX and CBS rotate coverage of the first two games.
The Lions haven't shown any concern about being moved on the Thanksgiving schedule because the issue never has been brought up within the NFL, only from media speculation.
"It's never come up in any substantive fashion," said Tom Lewand, chief operating officer for the Lions.
There has been speculation the Lions' six-year losing streak might prompt the NFL to move the team back on the three-game holiday schedule, primarily because the major broadcast networks would want a more attractive opponent.
That does not appear to be any sentiment for discussion at the NFL meetings, which begin Monday in Phoenix.
"I don't think there's any proposal or agenda item for the league on that," NFL representative Greg Aiello said Wednesday.
The Lions were hosts for the first Thanksgiving game when they moved to Detroit in 1934. Dallas added a second game in 1966. Last year, the NFL added a third game and put it on the NFL Network.
FOX and CBS rotate coverage of the first two games.
The Lions haven't shown any concern about being moved on the Thanksgiving schedule because the issue never has been brought up within the NFL, only from media speculation.
"It's never come up in any substantive fashion," said Tom Lewand, chief operating officer for the Lions.
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