Why is Superbowl on Sundays?

[viman96]

West Coast is the best for watching NFL.

All the games are centered around eating times. Totally perfect for watching football hanging out with friends and family.

 

[Proximo]

SB is normally over about 9 ish ET. Good gawd!!

LOL that's just flat out wrong. SB is NEVER over "about 9ish ET".

It's not over till a little after 10 at the earliest.

 

[atlantacowboy]

East Coast bias? Get over yourself. I have 3 kids and 2 are still in school.

I think you should take your own advice.

 

[viman96]

I think you should take your own advice.

Really? I'm not the one whining.

 

[atlantacowboy]

West Coast is the best for watching NFL.

All the games are centered around eating times. Totally perfect for watching football hanging out with friends and family.

That is b/c the NFL doesn't care about the west coast where the NFL ratings are always lower. The big NFL markets are on the East Coast, and the NFL wants those markets in prime time. We get punished with a 10:30 pm finish while west coasters get to hang out, watch the game, and still get to bed on time.

 

[atlantacowboy]

Really? I'm not the one whining.

Your first response was obnoxious and you know it.

 

[viman96]

That is b/c the NFL doesn't care about the west coast where the NFL ratings are always lower. The big NFL markets are on the East Coast, and the NFL wants those markets in prime time. We get punished with a 10:30 pm finish while west coasters get to hang out, watch the game, and still get to bed on time.

You sound bitter. Why would the NFL or media in general want to punish people on the East Coast?

 

[Diehardblues]

I totally respect you wanting to get your kids to bed early especially if they’re very young. They’re probably too young to enjoy the game anyway. I’d prefer the game starting earlier myself . I hate waiting all day on it.

Regardless the NFL is more interested in capturing the Prime Time slot on Sunday Nite which is largest audience of the week which maximises the advertising dollars of the biggest event of the year on TV.

As usual follow the money trail.

 

[viman96]

Your first response was obnoxious and you know it.

I can understand your position for TNF, SNF, and MNF. But Sunday 6:30 PM EST? Zero reasons to complain about that.

 

[atlantacowboy]

West Coast is the best for watching NFL.

All the games are centered around eating times. Totally perfect for watching football hanging out with friends and family.

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As always, I will pounce on any opportunity to voice my displeasure with late start times on the East coast (Pennsylvania resident).

I hate when we play Sunday night (which unfortunately is more times than most teams each season). Those games don't end till damn near midnight.

Forget about Monday night and Thursday night games. Not staying up for those unless the Cowboys are involved.

And if you're a fight fan don't even get me started. I was raised on boxing and love MMA. Want to watch a big fight on Saturday night? Prepare yourself to be up till 1-130am. Main card starts at 10pm and main event won't start till after midnight.

Stuff was fun back in my younger years but I just don't get down like that anymore, lol.

Agree with all. I record the UFC and watch them sunday morning.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I can understand your position for TNF, SNF, and MNF. But Sunday 6:30 PM EST? Zero reasons to complain about that.

You wouldn't enjoy super bowl sunday so much if you had to wrap up your party at halftime b/c people have to get to work and get the kids in bed. I used to live in the Bay area and loved the NFL start times. It really sucks on the east coast.

 

[Diehardblues]

You wouldn't enjoy super bowl sunday so much if you had to wrap up your party at halftime b/c people have to get to work and get the kids in bed. I used to live in the Bay area and loved the NFL start times. It really sucks on the east coast.

I went to school one year in San Diego. I hated the 10 am kickoffs. And the whole Pacific Coast live broadcast times for games .

Weekday games could begin while your still in traffic driving home . Nuts. Totally out of whack.

 

[Diehardblues]

I used to travel to NY all the time. Didn’t seem like any big deal games staring at 1 instead of 12. I didn’t like MNF starting at 9 though.

Their local news doesnt come on until 11 anyway instead of 10 here. I thought that was weird.

 

[dogunwo]

As always, I will pounce on any opportunity to voice my displeasure with late start times on the East coast (Pennsylvania resident).

I hate when we play Sunday night (which unfortunately is more times than most teams each season). Those games don't end till damn near midnight.

Forget about Monday night and Thursday night games. Not staying up for those unless the Cowboys are involved.

And if you're a fight fan don't even get me started. I was raised on boxing and love MMA. Want to watch a big fight on Saturday night? Prepare yourself to be up till 1-130am. Main card starts at 10pm and main event won't start till after midnight.

Stuff was fun back in my younger years but I just don't get down like that anymore, lol.

I believe fights start so late because they are trying to maximize the gate and betting.

 

[TheCoolFan]

Watching football must be a completely different experience for you Pacific Timers. A 3:30 PST kickoff is pretty much an afternoon game but for Central and Eastern, it's always been a primetime event.

Same thing for regular season games, must be nice having SNF end and still having a few hours of your evening.

 

[Diehardblues]

Watching football must be a completely different experience for you Pacific Timers. A 3:30 PST kickoff is pretty much an afternoon game but for Central and Eastern, it's always been a primetime event.

Same thing for regular season games, must be nice having SNF end and still having a few hours of your evening.

In the early years of the Super Bowl it was a late afternoon start. I attended SB 13 in Miami . My ticket stub says 4 PM.

We didn’t even spend the night. We flew in that morning and flew back after the game.

 

[atlantacowboy]

I went to school one year in San Diego. I hated the 10 am kickoffs. And the whole Pacific Coast live broadcast times for games .

Weekday games could begin while your still in traffic driving home . Nuts. Totally out of whack.

I liked the west coast start times b/c you never had to sacrifice sleep to watch a game. So, yeah, maybe you missed the first quarter of MNF. So what? At least you didn't have to stay up to midnight to see the end of the game.

 

[Diehardblues]

I liked the west coast start times b/c you never had to sacrifice sleep to watch a game. So, yeah, maybe you missed the first quarter of MNF. So what? At least you didn't have to stay up to midnight to see the end of the game.

You definitely had a legit beef with MNF on East Coast. They often lost viewers late in the game.

It’s why they rolled it back to 8:30 starts. But everything on East Coast is on an hour later like local news.

 

[Xelda]

I'm high strung when the Cowboys play and need a decent amount of time to unwind if it's a good game. A nail biter requires more time since I've got to be peeled off the ceiling first. I feel bad for East Coast fans when late games go into over time. Those at the game still have to drive home, hopefully relax, get some sleep and go to work the next day. I thought fans in other time zones would have empathy for the East. Lest I forget, love goes out to our fans in other countries that I have no idea when they're watching the game.

 

[atlantacowboy]

In the early years of the Super Bowl it was a late afternoon start. I attended SB 13 in Miami . My ticket stub says 4 PM.

We didn’t even spend the night. We flew in that morning and flew back after the game.

Which brings me to my next point. My first memory as a cowboy fan was the 1977 super bowl. My parents had a party and I watched the whole game.I was hooked for life. My kids can't watch a whole super bowl b/c of the late start times. If the NFL wants to attract a new generation of fanatical fans, they need to get these games in more family friendly time slots.