NBC/FOX in tug-o-war over Bears/Pats - New England Patriots Forums

***pats1*** · 11-02-2006, 05:45 PM

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

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POSTED 12:23 a.m. EST, November 2, 2006

FLEX SCHEDULING TO GET FEISTY?

According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the concept of flexible scheduling on the Sunday night broadcast could result in a tug-o-war between NBC and FOX over upcoming Bears games.

The problem is that the league fashioned a tentative list of Sunday night games for the weeks of flexible scheduling, and then required CBS and FOX to exercise their four blocks for Week Ten through Week Fifteen in October.

So with the Eagles-Colts game pre-designated by the NFL for a move to prime time on November 26, FOX didn't block the Bears-Patriots game, since no one reasonably expected when the blocks were due that NBC would want anything other than the Eagles at the Colts. And now FOX plans to broadcast its pregame show from Gillette Stadium on November 26.

But with the Eagles mired in a funk that might have more to do with the departure of Brad Childress than anyone had realized, the Bears-Pats game suddenly looks a lot sexier to NBC.

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***SoCal Bong*** · 11-02-2006, 06:00 PM

I hope it stays a day game.