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NFL, Broadcast partners Close to New Deal *UPDATE -- New Deal Reached*

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Dec 5, 2011.

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  1. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    I wonder what DirecTV will pony up to keep Sunday Ticket.
     
    Stitch, Dec 14, 2011
    #37
  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    As much as it takes. It's not giving that up without a major fight.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 14, 2011
    #38
  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Another tweak: NBC gives up one of its wild-card games and will get a divisional game. There's some chatter that the wild-card game NBC is giving up would go to ESPN, but the NFL is touting this deal as: "The Tradition Continues: NFL to Remain on Broadcast TV."

    There's nothing in the ESPN contract saying it will get a game.
     
    MileHigh, Dec 14, 2011
    #39
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I know so many people who would drop DirecTV in a heartbeat if it lost NFL Ticket.

    I would be happy with just the Red Zone channel.

    It sounds like there will be a lot more Thursday night games, which I think is great.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Dec 14, 2011
    #40
  5. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    The league can look forward to many more injuries if it insists on a 17-week slate of Thursday night games.

    More injuries, and shoddier play.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Dec 14, 2011
    #41
  6. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Thursday games are a pox on the league and I wish they would get rid of them with the exception of Thanksgiving.
     
    bigpern23, Dec 14, 2011
    #42
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I think they should tie it in with the teams coming off their byes. That's the best way to do it.

    Now that Monday Night Football is a highly mediocre game at least half and maybe 3/4s of the time, they need a Thursday night game. I'm willing to watch a bad NFL game on Thursday nights. By Monday night, I'm usually burned out and rarely watch.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Dec 14, 2011
    #43
  8. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    They're not doing anything about the bye weeks. One of the things that made flex scheduling work was every team had its bye before flex started, so there is always an inventory of 16 games and CBS' and Fox's lineups stay strong even if they lose a good one. Also, mandating byes before Thursday games means two teams are going to be off in Weeks 14 through 16 too, and no way does the NFL want to eliminate local markets during the time they draw the highest ratings.
     
    LongTimeListener, Dec 14, 2011
    #44
  9. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Jon Gruden can turn bad Monday night games into great ones with his zest for the game.

    A few weeks back he really convinced me that Tyler Palko was a great QB.
     
    Boom_70, Dec 15, 2011
    #45
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    What's interesting about the Tirico/Gruden/Jaworski MNF is how the historical ratio of comic entertainment to football value has been completely reversed.

    Having spent 40 years as the NFL's weekly lounge act, the show has now become an Xs and Os tutorial.
     
    Azrael, Dec 15, 2011
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  11. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    There was a pretty good article in The New Yorker last week that mentioned that.

    I think that Gruden now provides unintended comedy.
     
    Boom_70, Dec 15, 2011
    #47
  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    I saw the Gruden profile, but haven't read it yet. Sort of an achievement in itself to catch Remnick's eye.

    Gruden and Jaws have become mighty chippy lately. Tirico stokes it, of course. But I'm never sure how much of it is real.
     
    Azrael, Dec 15, 2011
    #48
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