2006-10-06 15:23:25 · 16 answers · asked by daddyforty 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
because they play a thursday night on thanksgiving
2006-10-06 15:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by serenitynow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order for a team to qualify for a Monday Night Football game, they must be a potential playoff contender, have a well-known rivalry with another team that warrants the national spotlight, have had a winning record, or have a significant following (read: big media market). The game has to have some sort of national interest, and the potential to grab high ratings as there is about $15-20 million invested per Monday Night Football game from ESPN.
2006-10-07 00:09:57 · answer #2 · answered by hawk79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just how the schedule is written up. The Chicago Bears haven't had any Monday night football games for a few years and this season, they have two. Detroit will have some eventually. It has nothing to do with how good of a team you are. Hell, this week the Packers played on Monda night and they suck.
2006-10-06 22:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by bennyjoe81 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Competitive teams are only scheduled to play Monday night football. The Lions haven't had a winning season in a while and haven't made any drastic improvements in the front office or personel....So they get no Monday Night Football.
2006-10-06 22:26:43 · answer #4 · answered by steelerspride24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Detroit plays football? MNF is supposed to be a showcase for the best teams from the last season. The only way the Lions would fit would be as somebody's whipping boy,
2006-10-06 22:31:26 · answer #5 · answered by sethsdadiam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are an awful team and have been an awful team for a long time now.
Soon as they get their act together, I am sure they will be scheduled into monday night football games again in the future.
2006-10-06 22:27:59 · answer #6 · answered by ModerndayMadman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to be good to play when the whole world is watching. Same as why the Lions don't play in the SuperBowl.
2006-10-06 22:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by rick s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your from detroit im sorry, but they suck. you might find detroit tigers on a monday nite but not the tigers. detroit football is boring, unless they are playing the chicago bears.
2006-10-06 22:27:35 · answer #8 · answered by big boy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad for ratings...nobody wants to watch a team that can't compete against good teams. That, plus the fan base probably plays a little role in it...but I don't know about that one.
2006-10-06 22:29:12 · answer #9 · answered by Carolina Kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because for the last 40+ years, they go to sleep Sunday at noon and don't wake up until Tuesday morning.
2006-10-06 23:28:37 · answer #10 · answered by J Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz they have been consistently mediocre forever in a division dominated by the Packers or the Bears
2006-10-07 00:28:45 · answer #11 · answered by seinfan76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋