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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I'm talking about the Time Zone that has the most viewers: Eastern. Hell, no one in California watches any sports when they're prime time there. It's why Monday Night Football airs there when everyone is commuting home at 5:30 pm and here it's 8:30 pm when everyone is home, fed and right in front of their TVs. Oh, and 6:00 am isn't 1:00 am. The 6:00 west coast start you refer to is 9:00 am Eastern: Breakfast with the NFL with a full day of NFL to follow. No NFL game has ever started at 1:00 am in any US time zone and never will.
Whatever makes money. Don't get me wrong. Time of games is meaningless to them except for how much money will be made. My point was that the times will always be reflective of the size of the audience and accompanying $$.The league office just haven't had a chance start a game at 1am yet. I think you may be underestimating Goodell and his crew. For all we know they may think since some games end at midnight they might as well continue with another game.
It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.Sounds crazy, logistically. I think the only way it could really work is if they did a "Sunday Night Football" double-header with one game at 7 pm and the second game (China game) at 10 pm, with the players in China playing at 10 am there.
It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.
@Patjew: Do the mainland Chinese give a rat's ass about NFL football?
I'm confident Kraft would stand up to the league. He's always had our back.Don't the Patriots have a Patriots.com website in Chinese? The NFL had better not plan to send the Pats. Kraft should say a definitive no.
I'm confident Kraft would stand up to the league. He's always had our back.
Whatever makes money. Don't get me wrong. Time of games is meaningless to them except for how much money will be made. My point was that the times will always be reflective of the size of the audience and accompanying $$.
The Patriots were scheduled to play a preseason game in China almost 10 years ago. It got cancelled for some reason or another, but I think that is why they made the website in Chinese.Don't the Patriots have a Patriots.com website in Chinese? The NFL had better not plan to send the Pats. Kraft should say a definitive no.
It really isn't all that different in terms of jet lag or flight time from the west coast to China as it is from the east coast to London, and they've done that before. They'll do the usual routine of giving each the team the bye week afterwards.This is going to be tough on the players. 15 hour flight + jet lag + play a game in the morning + 15 hour flight back.
And about half the people I know usually get a serious case of the squirts because some kind of bacteria or the lack thereof in our stomachs which takes time to adapt.
Good times.
I like your thinking, but I don't see how in the world this could result in Goodell getting fired.I think it's going to be a failure and hope it's the last piece that gets goodell fired. I'm Chinese and visit China yearly. They don't really like American football or know much of anything about it.
It really isn't all that different in terms of jet lag or flight time from the west coast to China as it is from the east coast to London, and they've done that before. They'll do the usual routine of giving each the team the bye week afterwards.
The NFL sees players as expendable interchangeable parts, that much is obvious. Just remember what they've done to their BEST player.This is going to be tough on the players. 15 hour flight + jet lag + play a game in the morning + 15 hour flight back.
And about half the people I know usually get a serious case of the squirts because some kind of bacteria or the lack thereof in our stomachs which takes time to adapt.
Good times.
I'm over it.That certainly wasn't my intention.
Nope... Not at all. Some expats are into it, of course, but I never met a local who even understood what it's all about.It's crazy, period. China is a communist nation with a woeful human rights record. But I'm sure the NFL won't let principle interfere with profit.
@Patjew: Do the mainland Chinese give a rat's ass about NFL football?