Nickelodeon Will Broadcast One Of The New NFL Wild Card Games To Attract Young Viewers. Wait, What?

I have no choice but to tip my cap to Roger Goodell and the fellas at the NFL for sneaking this little bit of info into the CBA before probably leaking it as the entire world is locked on #PandemicWatch where nothing seems real anyway. Considering traditionalists puked at the mere thought of two extra NFL teams even playing in the playoffs, I can't imagine what those people will do when they find out the home of Sponge Bob is now the new home of one of the NFL playoff games.

But as a father of two young kids that haven't developed an unquenchable thirst for football as their little dumb CTE-free brains develop, I couldn't be more in favor of this. Instead of wanting whatever Barbie doll or pooping dog toy they see in the commercials as my TV watches them for me, they will want to watch the sport that robs them of a parent for roughly 20 Sundays a year thanks to the magic of advertising. 

However I can tell you as a parent that simply putting a game on Nick with some cutesy music won't get these kids attention. The NFL needs embrace this and turn one of its wild card games into a true Wild Card game. I'm talking about having the Bubble Guppies sing the National Anthem and Sponge Bob perform the halftime show. If the winner of the Super Bowl can get doused with Gatorade than the loser of the Nickelodeon Wild Card game can get covered with Nick's signature green slime (I can see Bill O'Brien looking like Slimer bukakke'd him after the Texans annual Saturday afternoon game). And finally, if the NFL is truly serious about getting new eyeballs on the sport, they will play it not on a football field but instead on the motherfucking Aggro Crag.

Oh yeah and Mo is the head referee. Now lets send it back to Mo. MO!

h/t Will