On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM, televisiongirl <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Joe Coughlin <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Thursday was never prohibited in the Sports Broadcasting Act. It was >>> Saturday (which, I believe, was later extended to Friday, too), The NFL >>> always could play on Thursdays. In fact, the first game of the season has >>> been held on a Thursday for a few years now. >>> >> >> If these extra Thursday games were to go on the NFL network I think they >> would be asking for problems, at least given the current configuration, as >> that would result in significantly fewer Americans having access to those >> games, which might motivate congress to do something with Title 15 exemption >> to anti-trust that the NFL would really not like. If they end up on a widely >> available cable outlet they would probably be OK. >> > > > The NFL Network games, just as with ESPN Monday Night Football games, have > to be made available to a broadcast station in local markets (and Milwaukee > for Green Bay). This wouldn't change. (SNIP) > True - but even depriving large fractions of the rest of the country in non-local markets easy access to more games would irritate certain members of congress irritable. But I agree with you, they are looking to increase revenue from a cable channel. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
