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Maybe its easier to create a list of channels that won't be showing the game; that way we know what to flip to during commercials.
I thought the Pats had already been maxed out on flex/night games no?
Reiss has put this up:
http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/12/game_to_be_simu.html
Same as the Minneapolis blab.
Personally I think the NFL Network chickened out. I think they should have gone to the mattress on this one. It could be that they came to the realization that their product really isn't worth the extra money they want everyone to pay. Still, this is startling news, but welcome news for those who weren't going to get to see the game, my mom and sis in Springfield for example.
Bob G
"NFL Network is a programming service of great interest to fans and should be broadly distributed by the cable industry,” said NFL Network President and CEO STEVE BORNSTEIN. “The only channel devoted 24/7 to America’s favorite sport is not programming that should be relegated to a poorly promoted, pay-extra sports tier that takes advantage of our fans’ passion for the NFL. A few of the biggest cable operators have refused to negotiate. We call on them to do what’s right for their consumers and negotiate agreements for NFL Network that make sense for everybody."
The NFL made some kind of deal behind the scenes with John Kerry, they are getting something out of this.
Watch him sponsor some legislation soon that sticks it to the cable companies.
Nothing on ESPN.com or NFL.com
From my point of view, this is great news--I don't have to hang around at a bar to watch the game.
But I also think it's funny. The NFL caved, but did it in such a way as to make a profit doing it.
As for John Kerry, I'm sure he had a lot of calls from outside of Boston, begging for him to do something. He did. He put public pressure on the NFL, and threatened hearings no one believed would happen. It's what Don Corleone used to do for his constituency.
Frankly, I think that any Senator in the same position would have done much the same and his constituents would have applauded. Is sport serious enough for him to give it this much attention? Well, I have a sneaking feeling that it is at least important enough for those who post here or read this site.
Sport occupies a peculiar position in human affairs, and I guess it has for thousands of years. Think of the Olympics. Sports satisfy some very real urge within us--vicarious combat, perhaps. They're even important during wars or at times of national catastrophe. They played a role, after 911, in convincing us that life would go on, pretty much as usual.
As for me, I'm just glad the NFL caved. It helps keep the national soap opera interesting.
So after coming out with his previous statement (which didn't help the NFL Network out at all), he's going to go against his best friends at the cable companies? Yea, that will be the day....
Just because any other Senator would do this (I disagree), doesn't make it right. By the way, no Texas or Wisconsin Senator stepped in and threatened the NFL when the Cowboy/Packer game wasn't on network television.
I'm sorry, but the US Government should have no right to be involved in a dispute like this. Kerry basically blackmailed the NFL to use the powers of congress to force them to run their business the way he wanted them to do it. This is overreaching the powers of Congress in my view.
When will it stop? Will this inspire another Senator to one day force ESPN to allow one of the networks to broadcast a Monday Night Football game eventhough ESPN paid over a billion dollars for the rights just because it is a historic game?
I'm sorry, I don't like the government using their authority to regulate things that they shouldn't be involved in and this is a case of that. It sucks that fans in certain areas of the country wouldn't be able to see the game, but why should that be the government's problem?
If he pulls that off he might one day be electable... :rocker:The NFL made some kind of deal behind the scenes with John Kerry, they are getting something out of this.
Watch him sponsor some legislation soon that sticks it to the cable companies.
will the networks get to use their own announcer crews?
No, it will still be Gumbel. It's just a simulcast.