NFL Schedule Release Date Shrouded in Secrecy as Ad Upfronts Countdown Intensifies

NFL Schedule Release Date Shrouded in Secrecy as Ad Upfronts Countdown Intensifies

The networks next week may not be in a position next week to confirm that their top requests were honored by the league—since the Mahomes-Josh Allen rivalry launched in 2020, the big ask has been the annual Chiefs-Bills showdown, with CBS landing that barnburner in each of the last four years—but specificity isn’t necessarily paramount. For one thing, thanks to multiyear advertising commitments, about 40% of the in-game inventory is already spoken for when the upfront shows take place.

By mid-June, if not well before, 85% to 90% of the NFL ad slots have been booked, with the networks actively holding back a small chunk of inventory proportionate to how strong the sales bosses think the fall scatter market will play out. Nine years out of 10, scatter favors the sellers, and a last-minute bid for a 30-second spot that went for $850,000 in the upfront bazaar can now cost laggards in the neighborhood of $1,250,000.

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