They released the NFL Schedule sometime in the past couple days, and after looking it over a little bit, it all looks fine and dandy aside from one thing, why games on the NFL Network?
Personally, I don't have NFL Network, and I do not know of one person that does. I'm sure they're out there, maybe I just don't know the right people. Do you have NFL Network?
Anyway, for a couple of examples, how about Thanksgiving Day? They decide to add a third game, which will be that night between Denver and Kansas City. Personally, I like keeping with tradition, but I'm ok with adding the third game. The game, however, will be shown on the NFL Network, meaning, I won't get to see it even if I want to.
Another example is the Vikings at the Packers on a Thursday night in primetime on Thursday, December 21. This is probably the game I most look forward to each year, is when the Vikings play in Lambeau Field. This year, however, the game will be shown on the NFL Network, which I assume means that I will not be able to watch it, unless I'm missing something here.
Which I guess is my question, am I missing something? I don't think there were any games on the NFL Network last year, and there are at least a couple that I know of, and I'm fairly positive there are more. Do a lot of people have NFL Network and I just don't know about it? Or will you, like me, be missing some of the big games this year?
EDIT: Some of my questions were answered in the comments, and as it turns out, I was a little bit wrong on some things. Which was a good thing, in this case.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
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From what I understand, games on the NFL network will be simulcast on local broadcast networks of the teams playing. So it won't really take away from the total number of games we get to watch.
I'm hoping the new TV deal doesn't prevent the ESPN Monday Night games from being shown on local broadcast (I might be gulping and going sans-ESPN in the fall).
Ah, thank you, that helps clear it up and prove that yes, I am wrong here, which is good. I definitely feel a little bit better about this.
I had one free week of NFL Network leading up to the Super Bowl, thanks to Comcast, and it was one of the greatest weeks of my life. Food tasted better, the light in my house was brighter, I heard birds singing (yes, even in February), and complete strangers (female, especially) approached me on the street and asked what my secret was.
What you guys are saying about local simulcasts is true, though I believe it's up to a local affiliate to pick up the game and show it on free TV. If you guys normally get Vikings games, I don't see why you wouldn't be able to watch the one shown on NFL Network.
I believe this will apply to the ESPN games, too. When the Lions were on their Sunday night game last season, the local ABC affiliate in Detroit showed the game.
One more thing: I'm happy another Thanksgiving game is being added in prime-time, if only to make Lamar Hunt shut up about it being unfair that Detroit and Dallas always get a Thanksgiving game. NFL Network gave him his pacifier.
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