Perhaps you’ve heard already but in an unprecedented move, tonight’s New England Patriots/NY Giants game which was to be aired on the NFL Network will also be aired on CBS and NBC as well. This will be the first time since the first Superbowl that an NFL game will be broadcast by multiple networks (CBS and NBC both carried that game as well).
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Why was Fox left out? The commenters over at
Awful Announcing were all over this and had generally solid reasoning: Its an AFC road game so CBS would’ve broadcast the game were the NFL Network to broadcast another game (Fox manages the NFC side of the house) and NBC was thrown this bone because they broadcast the primetime game on Sundays
(yes, but its Saturday… NBC will broadcast Titans v. Colts on Sunday evening as scheduled). Look, we aren’t sure. All that is known is that America will have its choice of 3 different sets of commercials to watch tonight.
And what brought about this change of heart from the League? Well, Congressional pressure, that’s what. Proving that they may yet have some benefit to society, Senators John Kerry (D-MA), Arlen Specter (Rino-PA), and Pat “Leaky” Leahy (D-VT) expressed their displeasure that fully 60% of America (that don’t have access to the NFL Network) will not be able to see a potentially historic game where the Pats go for the 16-0 grail.
And how was this done? The Senators broke out the “anti-trust” stick, something they do from time to time, and threatened to “reconsider” the League’s exemption from the same (shrieks of panic could be heard emanating from League headquarters in Manhattan after Specter and Leaky, the two ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued their edict).
Its been no small source of amusement to us over the years how quickly things get done, for better or worse, whenever Congress threatens to get “involved”, particularly with regard to professional sports.
Funny thing is, at its core it’s a hollow threat. But the NFL and MLB to name the two most prominent examples, snap-to as the mere thought of being subjected to the root-canals that are Congressional hearings affects immediate action.
Anyway, enjoy the game(s). Lots of good stuff on today including some fine college hoops matchups.
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Same commercial spots on all three networks. Silly me, I checked.
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Would somebody pleeze esplain to me, how the govnment can tell the NFL what to do? I guess I don't get the anti trust shtick.
The Mitchel report went so well, let's get them involved in the NFL.
Good game though, bad ending.
Good gawd. It's a Hat Trick of boring!!
Thank god congress saw fit to let one network televise A&M & Penn State.
Mongo
Mongo, Your obvious disdain for pro football blinded you to what was a very well-played and exciting game. What? There was a bowl game on last night? Between two 6-6 teams? One of whom is coached by a guy who's been on that team's sidelines since Moses was a mess cook? You mean, that bowl game? Indeed, thank god, that game was confined to only one network.
'Dawg, I don't know all the ins and outs but the anti-trust exemptions granted by Congress serve so that Congress CAN'T tell the NFL, MLB, and NBA what to do. The threat of striking these exemptions just means a lot of excruciating hearings and snooping around and into NFL's "standard practices" by Congress.
BWD, you know as well as I that the coach in Happy Valley being as old as the original testament is EXACTLY the kind of thing that makes college football so much better than the pros.
The fact that he won last night is also salient.
An unpaid 315 pound running back crying on the sideline because he's didn't get the ball on 4th and goal from the one with the game on the line makes college football better than the pros.
Those things, times 10,000, are what makes the college game light years ahead of the pros in terms of entertainment and commitment.
Would anybody on the Patriots have showed any emotion if they had lost last night? Seriously doubt it.
What was spread over three networks last night was nothing more than PR run amok. The game didn't mean anything. If I'm a member of the '72 Miami Dolphins, I'm kicking my feet up and saying, "But isn't the Super Bowl played next year?" - Mongo
Mongo, I've never quibbled with the fact that overall the college game is superior to the pro game.
Be that as it may, the NFL game last night, for me, was a more compelling watch than yet-another bowl game where one of the participants wound up with a losing record for the season.
Sorry... just couldn't get emotionally invested in that bowl game, whatever it was called.
My dear Mr. Lloyd,
Let’s examine the two examples used for illustrating the essential part of your concept or narrative.
Since the objective or purpose is to be gained by comment, I’m sure the two details you have given are shining elements for the position college is better than the NFL.
This debate is about as old as Creation vs. Evolution, and can be just as fun, so take this as good natured ribbing, and nothing more.
First of all, an old timer winning a game, wow, that’s exciting. I missed the game; did it help them in their playoff spot?
UNPAID 300lb running back? Unpaid!!? Dean and I have gone round and round on this one. When we talk about cheating these days, we think of high tech cameras and steroids. But college football cheats with illegal recruitment, parents of players accepting money, bribes of airfare, limos, suits, hotels, spending money and unpaid rent. Not to mention scholarships. All of it “pay”! You guys can dress it up anyway you like it. But to call it anything else is intellectually dishonest.
It reminds me of when the Olympics were just for amateurs. Finally they allowed professionals since not everyone played by the rules anyway.
So this guy starts blubbering on the sidelines like a baby, and you use that point to achieve your objective? I guess I miss your point. No one wants to see that crap. I would use is as evidence the NFL is more watchable.
Speaking of watchable, do you notice any male cheerleaders on the NFL sidelines?
I hear a lot of rancor coming from the college fans about what big crybabies the NFL players are; “all they’re in it for, is the money” Where do you think those babies come from? Why do you think they bust their butts in college? So they can make it to the BIG TIME, and make the big money.
There's a reason it's called the Big Time!
Happy New Year!
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