Football

10/20/2026 |  NFL Says There Will be ‘Heightened’ Security at Paris Game (Front Office Sports) The NFL will have “heightened” security measures around the Saints-Steelers game scheduled to be played Sunday in Paris amid the civil unrest and violence occurring in France, a top league executive said Tuesday.
“Our team’s been on the ground,” said Peter O’Reilly, the NFL’s executive vice president of club business, international, and league events. 

10/20/2026 |  “Thursday Night Football” hits another high in Week 6 (Sports Media Watch) “Thursday Night Football” viewership continues to grow.
The latest edition of NFL “Thursday Night Football” (Seahawks-Broncos) averaged 16.26 million viewers on Amazon Prime Video, including local over-the-air simulcasts in the home markets — officially marking most-watched Week 6 edition of the series on record. 

10/20/2026 |  Army-Navy Game Could Shift Dates to Accommodate 24-Team CFP (Front Office Sports) Despite potential scheduling complications with a 24-team College Football Playoff, the Army-Navy Game likely isn’t going anywhere.
If the expanded field is confirmed, the game could take place on the first Saturday in December, when the conference championships would have been, sources tell Front Office Sports. The game’s final scheduling date, however, likely won’t be decided until after the CFP expansion decision becomes finalized. 

10/16/2026 |  NFL average viewership pulls ahead of last year (Sports Media Watch) After digging a rare double-digit hole in Week 1, NFL viewership has now pulled ahead of last year through Week 5.
NFL regular season windows were averaging 18.8 million viewers across TV and digital platforms through Week 5, up 1% from last year to rank as the highest at this point of the season on record. The season opened with a 13% decline in Week 1, with that narrowing to 4% after Week 2 and 2% after Week 3.

10/15/2026 |  BYU Outperforms Its Budget As Notre Dame Showdown Arrives (Front Office Sports) BYU was presented with a unique opportunity last December, and it was too good for the Cougars to pass up. As Notre Dame and USC failed to agree on continuing their annual rivalry game in 2026 and 2027, the Irish needed an opponent to fill that void. Notre Dame reached out to BYU, and the offer was happily accepted.