Well, I am harvesting in other fields nowadays...
Bummer dude. What a waste of precious resources.
Well, I am harvesting in other fields nowadays...
Around here, the NFL network is a premium channel. I would hope that local channels might be able to broadcast the Thursday and Saturday games -- indeed, for a game like, say, Houston vs. New Orleans, most of the viewers are likely to be in those two markets....I think so anyway...
This development may put the large market teams at a slight advantage. Obviously the New York Yankee local baseball TV contract is worth a whole lot more than say, the Milwaukee Brewer local TV contract. Thursday and Sunday, 2 games a week, 17 weeks a season...32 teams in the league...each team should appear about once. I would think if teams like the Chicago Bears appeared more frequently than that, surely one of the Chicago TV stations would try to acquire the games locally.
Back when I was in college, a friend pointed out that no one would watch the Cleveland Indians vs. the Seattle Mariners, but if the two worst teams in the NFL were on national TV, people would watch it.
The rules have changed since then, though -- Monday Night Football has gone from ABC to ESPN. Now ESPN is a basic cable channel, and most people have it. I'm not going to sign up for the NFL Network -- even if my favorite teams are playing on a given Thursday or Saturday night.