NFL changes I've noticed

[gjkoeppen]

Because they want to be more diverse to the LGBT community.

This has to be sarcasm or joking.
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[Diehardblues]

Much of what you said is true but what if these football players actually studied going back to high school and learned something and got degrees that they could use and have careers lasting 20, 30, 40 years. Some of them could even make more in the long run than what they made playing ball without the injuries or the risk of injury. I understand what you're saying but we all have to understand that they CHOSE to take the risks so I have little sympathy for them wanting to be treated with kid gloves. And they haven't helped their situation with me ever since they have, with the leagues blessing, doing all their social issues while on the clock. If goodell had any kahunas he would have put a stop to that the very first time kaperjerk took a knee the first time. We who are not pro athletes if we tried to pull those social things while on the clock we'd get fired.
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We aren’t allowed to discuss such things on the forum but I’d be happy to discuss on PM.

I’d argue if we hadn’t made a stink over it then we wouldn’t be where we are now.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Bingo. They started this a while back to give each other a chance to cover other games in other stadiums.

It's one of the only television related decisions that the NFL got right. Most if not all other tv decisions have been bad.

 

[gjkoeppen]

They begun a few years ago. Reason being that the networks argued that on a given Sunday the better matchups favored one conference or another. And they wanted more access for their national broadcast.

But the old rule still holds serve for most games. But they can flex a game if they think there’s a better matchup for the national broadcast .

I've been thinking on this since I read that link and here's what I've come up with both networks could flex their games to the late game and except for the markets for each team, the networks can determine how much of the country see what games. There's almost always a couple of late games every week and yet one gets most of the country. There's always early games on both networks so why can both networks have late games too.
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[Diehardblues]

I've been thinking on this since I read that link and here's what I've come up with both networks could flex their games to the late game and except for the markets for each team, the networks can determine how much of the country see what games. There's almost always a couple of late games every week and yet one gets most of the country. There's always early games on both networks so why can both networks have late games too.
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They can’t both have late national games. Not every week anyway. There are a couple weeks they do.

Remember too that not all late games are national games. They are regional broadcast that just kick off late. Usually on West Coast.

It can vary pending what Region you’re in. And which team is your normally broadcast team either on Fox or CBS.

 

[gjkoeppen]

They can’t both have late national games. Not every week anyway. There are a couple weeks they do.

Remember too that not all late games are national games. They are regional broadcast that just kick off late. Usually on West Coast.

If you read what I said that there are early games on both networks so why can't there be late games on both networks. It doesn't matter if the games are on the west coast saying it's just regional because all games are regional until they decide to give it to most of the country.
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[Bobhaze]

Much of what you said is true but what if these football players actually studied going back to high school and learned something and got degrees that they could use and have careers lasting 20, 30, 40 years. Some of them could even make more in the long run than what they made playing ball without the injuries or the risk of injury. I understand what you're saying but we all have to understand that they CHOSE to take the risks so I have little sympathy for them wanting to be treated with kid gloves. And they haven't helped their situation with me ever since they have, with the leagues blessing, doing all their social issues while on the clock. If goodell had any kahunas he would have put a stop to that the very first time kaperjerk took a knee the first time. We who are not pro athletes if we tried to pull those social things while on the clock we'd get fired.
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I agree with you about the importance of education. Approximately 50% of all NFL players get a bachelors degree, and most do very well after retiring from the league. Only about 5% of NFL players earn a graduate degree. By the way, Dak is in that 5% since he has already earned a Masters degree in Workforce Leadership. He was a very good student in collge, making the SEC All Academic team several times.

 

[Diehardblues]

It's one of the only television related decisions that the NFL got right. Most if not all other tv decisions have been bad.

It was part of the last network agreement. Cause one network could have several better matchups which effected their viewership.

CBS who has the late national game this weekend chose Dallas /NY cause despite the awful matchup it represents a greater potential viewership than any late games in AFC. Seems reasonable to me.

If not then like in our area Cowboys would have been the regional game on Fox in afternoon and we wouldn’t have had an early game on Fox.

And then pending when Texans played who are our regional CBS game they would have been our only early game or both played late we wouldn’t have had an early game at all.

 

[Diehardblues]

If you read what I said that there are early games on both networks so why can't there be late games on both networks. It doesn't matter if the games are on the west coast saying it's just regional because all games are regional until they decide to give it to most of the country.
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There can be late games on both networks pending who and where your normal regional broadcast teams are playing. They just won’t both be National broadcast. I provided an example above in another post .

 

[Diehardblues]

In my market Houston will be the early CBS game and Dallas the national afternoon CBS game.

And we will only have 1 game on Fox. Probably the early game.

But if Dallas had been the regional afternoon game on Fox we wouldn’t have an early game on Fox .

I haven’t seen the TV schedule but I’d guess we will get the Phil at Pitt game since it’s at a AFC Venue and a Fox broadcast at Noon. And of course a divisional game of interest to Cowboy fans.

 

[cern]

It used to be that when two NFC teams played FOX aired the game and when two AFC teams played CBS aired the game. If a NFC team played at a AFC team FOX had the game and if a AFC team played at a NFC team CBS had the game.

Now none of that is still written in stone. I notice a couple of games they broke from this last season but now there has been counting this week there's been 4 times already. This week the Cowboys at home against the giants is on CBS. This is good for me because I live in a NFC city that most of their games are noon games and on FOX.

My question is why have they strayed from the conference coverage by the networks?

probably covid and money. just like two mnf games last night. other than death and taxes, the only other thing of which we can be certain is that it's always about the money.

 

[Diehardblues]

The additional MNF game yesterday was due to a postponement from Sunday. Something of course we had never seen before until these most unusual circumstances. Totally unrelated to the Networks Flex capabilities we’re discussing.

 

[cern]

The additional MNF game yesterday was due to a postponement from Sunday. Something of course we had never seen before until these most unusual circumstances. Totally unrelated to the Networks Flex capabilities we’re discussing.

i said it was about money. just as it is with networks fle capabilities. which game is likely to pull in the most viewers. they switch in the middle of games. why? money. cindy lauper was right.

 

[gjkoeppen]

I agree with you about the importance of education. Approximately 50% of all NFL players get a bachelors degree, and most do very well after retiring from the league. Only about 5% of NFL players earn a graduate degree. By the way, Dak is in that 5% since he has already earned a Masters degree in Workforce Leadership. He was a very good student in collge, making the SEC All Academic team several times.

I read an article last year that said only about 15% of players earn any kind of degree. Most get it after they quit playing ball.
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[gjkoeppen]

There can be late games on both networks pending who and where your normal regional broadcast teams are playing. They just won’t both be National broadcast. I provided an example above in another post .

Again I'm asking since there are early games on both networks WHY can't there be late games, even national televised games on both networks.
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[gjkoeppen]

probably covid and money. just like two mnf games last night. other than death and taxes, the only other thing of which we can be certain is that it's always about the money.

Last night was because of covid but EVERY year there are 2 games on Monday night football on opening weekend and covid has nothing to do with that.
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[Diehardblues]

Again I'm asking since there are early games on both networks WHY can't there be late games, even national televised games on both networks.
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Because the NFL doesnt allow both networks to have a National game each Sunday .


I would imagine to maximize the viewership for each network respectively. And why they alternate weeks.

 

[EST_1986]

It used to be that when two NFC teams played FOX aired the game and when two AFC teams played CBS aired the game. If a NFC team played at a AFC team FOX had the game and if a AFC team played at a NFC team CBS had the game.

Now none of that is still written in stone. I notice a couple of games they broke from this last season but now there has been counting this week there's been 4 times already. This week the Cowboys at home against the giants is on CBS. This is good for me because I live in a NFC city that most of their games are noon games and on FOX.

My question is why have they strayed from the conference coverage by the networks?

They made that change years ago

 

[gjkoeppen]

Because the NFL doesnt allow both networks to have a National game each Sunday .


I would imagine to maximize the viewership for each network respectively. And why they alternate weeks.

I don't know what's so hard for you to understand. I'm not asking about what it is now, we all know that, I'm asking if the owners are someday thinking of going to a bid per game approach, why can't they just let both networks have NATIONALLY televised late games. I can't think any other way of wording this.
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[gjkoeppen]

They made that change years ago

Yes I know you're a little late with that.
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