NFL Football - By:
Q. Smyth
Thursday, May 8th,
2008 - Page updated at 8:00am
Senior Fantasy Football Editor For WagerOnFootball.com
Sportsbook Review
NFL FOOTBALL - 2008 NFL Season Events
2008
NFL Season & Post Season Schedule
2008 Season
April 25 - Deadline for old club to exercise right
of first
refusal to restricted free agents
April 26-27 - NFL Draft - New York
May 19-21—NFL spring meeting, Atlanta.
June 1 - Deadline for old clubs to send tender
to unsigned
unrestricted free agents to receive exclusive
negotiating rights for rest of season if player
is not signed by another club by July 22*.
- Deadline for old clubs to send tender to unsigned
restricted free agents or to extend qualifying
offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights.
June 15 - Deadline for old clubs to withdraw original
qualifying offer to unsigned restricted free agents
and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by
substituting tender of 110 percent of previous year's
salary.
June 29-July 2 - NFL Rookie Symposium, Carlsbad, California.
July 22 * - Signing period ends at 4:00 PM ET for
unrestricted
free agents who received June 1 tender.
Late July - Training camps open.
Aug. 3—Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, Canton,
Ohio (Indianapolis vs. Washington).
Aug. 26—Roster cutdown to maximum of 75 players.
Aug. 30—Roster cutdown to maximum of 53 players.
Sept. 4-8—2008 regular season starts - Kickoff
2008 Weekend
POSTSEASON NFL SCHEDULE
Postseason
Saturday, Jan. 3 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs NBC
Sunday, Jan. 4 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoffs CBS and FOX
Saturday, Jan. 10 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs CBS and FOX
Sunday, Jan. 11 AFC and NFC Divisional Playoffs CBS and FOX
Sunday, Jan. 18 AFC and NFC Championship Games CBS and FOX
Sunday, Feb. 1 Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Fla. NBC
Sunday, Feb. 8 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii NBC
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