How do we lock in three Sunday games every week?

Following a super Sunday of games yesterday I'm firmly in the camp of three Sunday games each and every full round of NRL.

How much fun was it to sit down after lunch to watch the Warriors turn on an absolute show in Brisbane against the Broncos, with knowledge of two more games to follow?

Usually the post rugby league lows of Sunday evening kick in around five to six, but last night was different. It was better!!!

The Dragons and the Tigers played out an absolute thriller in, what felt like, sub zero temperatures in front of a big Kogarah crowd. What would usually be the final act of a weekend was just an entree for the Titans/Roosters clash.

Saturday has always been my favourite day of the week. Three games of league, plus NSW Cup now, with more games to follow on the Sunday. Oh, and family and friends etc etc.

Of course I jest with the majority of the above but seriously, if the NRL wasn't at the beck and call of a massive TV deal, I would absolutely be looking at pushing for three games every Sunday.

For the record nothing will change. The NRL recently signed a monster TV deal with Channel 9 locking in their Thursday and Friday night games and their Sunday afternoon game that leads into the news.

The chances of the broadcaster, who are literally spending a billion dollars on the game, giving up the Thursday night game are zero to even less.

Truthfully I'm not a fan of the Thursday night game. I shudder whenever it appears in upcoming fixtures for my side. It's a dreadful, crowd-unfriendly TV slot designed purely for television.

I say this without a single shred of sarcasm but next Thursday's "blockbuster" local derby between the Eels and Bulldogs will be lucky top 10,000 people.

BUT ... the television ratings will be huge.

It's a TV friendly time-slot designed to put eyeballs on the game as people settle in after work and dinner. It's not going anywhere.

That said, that awful early Friday night game should immediately be shifted to a Sunday evening kick off. The 6pm Friday game should then proceed directly to the bin, never to return.

It's not a crowd friendly time slot. Most people work on Friday. I myself work until 5:30 in the city. Even the closest possible fixture at Allianz Stadium, I'm almost zero chance of making kickoff.

Even a dream taxi run, assuming I leave 5:30 on the dot, would struggle to see me at my seat before the teams run out. That, despite it being a short journey.

This past Friday I stayed back at work and watched on the laptop as Matt Moylan and Valentine Holmes put the Panthers to the sword.

This was a fixture made for Sunday afternoon.

Two sides very much in the top four race, battling it out for two precious competition points. Add to that the Matt Moylan return and what should have been a shoot out with the man he replaced, and was replaced by, James Maloney. The 'Sold Out' sign should have been up.

Instead Valentine Holmes ran away to ice the game in front of a decent (ish) crowd as a huge amount of potential fans were still on their way home from a big day, and week, at work.

Of course the Friday game made sense this week with Origin on the Wednesday, but if it wasn't an Origin round, this game in this time slot is criminal.

Any game in this time slot is criminal.

I repeat, it's not a crowd friendly time slot. It's not even a TV friendly time slot.

Despite the family nature of Sundays for many families, I'm confident that last night's Sunday evening fixture would routinely out rate the Friday fixture if played every week. I haven't seen the figures yet but despite the Sharks/Panthers game being a far more appealing game, which would be easier to watch for most fans?

No contest.

Bin the awful early Friday game and sign me up for some Sunday evening footy.

The obvious argument is that most people would have to head home to get ready for work on Monday morning, but I'd take the odd 8:30 Sunday evening home time than literally never being able to attend a Friday 6pm game.