The 2020 NFL season begins tomorrow. Yet, there is uncertainty as to which major networks will carry primetime games like “Monday Night Football” and “Thursday Night Football.”

The league's contract with ESPN expires after next season, while deals with CBS, NBC and FOX all run through the 2022 campaign.

All of the networks are hoping to finalize new contracts, and it appears they are also scrambling to possibly amend coverage.

“Monday Night Football” might move from ESPN to ABC under the Disney umbrella, with the possibility “Thursday Night Football” broadcasts could also switch networks (via Brian Steinberg of Variety):

Prices for new rights packages could rise as much as 50% to 80%, one of these people estimates, and the prospect of inflation has spurred several new ideas at the networks. Disney could suggest moving “Monday Night Football” to ABC from ESPN, two of these people said, placing that sports mainstay back on a broadcast network for the first time since 2005. Meanwhile, “Thursday Night Football,” which currently airs on the Fox broadcast network, could move to another perch, depending on overall costs and terms, these people said.

Of course, the networks will do whatever they can to ensure greater visibility for the NFL's product, particularly if forced to pay a higher price point.

Viewership rose by five percent during the 2019 regular season, making it the most-watched NFL season since 2016. Naturally, the networks serve to benefit from eager advertisers looking to air a spot during a game telecast

The question will be how the networks get the most utility from their respective deals. For example, Steinberg also reported Disney (ESPN) could also ask to join the “Super Bowl rotation.”

In any case, the football viewership experience could be changing in the near future.