Mike Tirico calls for EPL-style schedule in NFL and claims UK bosses have found winning formula

The NFL has been urged to look across the pond for inspiration and take flexible scheduling to the next level. NBC’s Mike Tirico used the English Premier League as an example and suggested that slots could be allocated closer to the time to ensure the best made it to primetime. “I would lay it out like the Premier League,” Tirico said at the FOS Tuned In summit Tuesday in New York. “Like, hey, ‘Here is match window 14 and here are the fixtures for that matchweek.’ “And six weeks or so out, you start slotting them in.