This is where I remind people that, of the 42 (!) bowl/playoff games, only three are aired on non-Mouse networks (CBS, CBSSN, and American Sports Network each have one). This eliminates any desire for games to go head-to-head, spreading them out as long as they do. Not to mention that ESPN actually owns a number of the games as well.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 04:20 JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > I saw something that unquestioningly reported that the College Football > > Playoffs folks wanted to stake out New Year's Eve as a holiday for > watching > > college football in the way that the NFL has Thanksgiving and the NBA has > > Christmas and completely ignored the fact that they already have New > Year's > > Day. > > They HAD New Year's Day. When they started spreading out the traditional > January 1 games to maximize exposure, they left an opening that the NHL was > happy to jump into. And after two weeks of meaningless bowls, it's easy to > imagine that casual fans will opt for their normal New Year's Eve instead > of insisting on watching yet more college football. > > If college football wants to re-establish New Year's Day, they can move > the big bowls/playoff semifinals back to the 1st, and they'll probably > regain their audience. Trying to convince people to stay glued to the > screen instead of ringing in the new year seems like a fool's errand. > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
