NFL Moves Commissioner's Super Bowl Address Up To Wednesday

The NFL is moving the Commissioner Roger Goodell's annual press conference from Friday to Wednesday, a major break with the tradition of Super Bowl week. The move could mean fewer reporters and owners attend, as many have not arrived by mid-week. The event has served as a bold-faced meeting place, attended by almost everyone connected at the highest levels to the league. Whether they will now come to Houston 48 hours earlier is uncertain, so the shift could depress the significance of the event, which ESPN and NFL Network air live.

“Our overall thinking is by Friday people are really focused on the game,” said NFL Exec VP/Communications Joe Lockhart. On Friday, the league will instead host a forum where fans, not reporters, can ask questions of Goodell.