On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 3:35:28 PM UTC-4, Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > > > > On Apr 12, 2020, at 11:58 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > Traditionally CBS goes on the air Masters Sunday at 2:30 PM ET. The > NFL's regularly scheduled game windows on Sunday start at 1:00 PM ET and > 4:05/4:25 PM ET. > > > > The NFL may be the biggest financial player in American sports, but The > Masters is by a country mile the most prestigeous. CBS and Augusta National > Golf Club have run on a year-to-year contract since 1956, allowing ANGC to > have a level of control on the broadcast that the NFL *wishes* it has. > > > > If the world is at a point in November when both of these events can > happen, what the hell is CBS gonna do? > > During this pandemic, we've seen organizations rise to unprecedented > levels of flexibility and reasonableness. Assuming that continues into the > "cleanup" stage, and Augusta National and the NFL (and the advertisers) are > on board, I can foresee the following: > > 1. The NFL schedules no late games for CBS. > > 2. As few early games as possible on CBS (i.e., Fox taking as many as they > can). > > 3. Early games airing on CBS only in the home regions of the teams > involved, with no game on CBS in other areas (e.g., a hypothetical > Dolphins-Bengals matchup would air in south Florida and southern Ohio, but > a Falcons-Panthers game on Fox means there would be no game on CBS in > Georgia and the Carolinas). > > 4. The Masters beginning on CBS (in markets that aren't getting a CBS NFL > game) AND on CBS Sports Network (and perhaps other Viacom/CBS cable > channels as well). > > 5. In markets getting a CBS NFL game, the Masters starts airing on CBS > when the game is over.
I'd say that the second possibility is most likely, with Fox taking as many as they can and getting Tim Brando or Gus Johnson to help out or Brian Custer. Or Joe Davis maybe? -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/9d762736-e746-4acb-83f5-e7f257f94085%40googlegroups.com.
