Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

President Barack Obama has acceded to House Speaker John Boehner’s wishes to deliver an address on jobs and the economy to a joint session of Congress on Sept. 8. The president had requested Sept. 7 for the long-anticipated speech.

In agreeing to Boehner’s schedule, Obama’s address will compete with the opening game of the National Football League season — a conflict the White House wanted to avoid.

The defending champion Green Bay Packers play the New Orleans Saints in the season opener at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 8 on NBC. The speech is scheduled for 8 p.m.

The change will allow a planned Sept. 7 Republican presidential debate to proceed without Obama upstaging it.

“We’re aware of the situation and are communicating with the NFL,” an NBC spokesman told ProFootballTalk.com.

–ESPN